The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1908-03-21
"GREAT MINDS TO
MADNESS CLOSEL Y
ARE ALLIED"
Prof. Grasset Proves Truth of
Pope's Famous Lines

| 4" on the "deml-fOus' leads
to two very decided and
Il u consoling conclusions, first,
that all great men are more
| or less insane; and, second, That 1t Is
not such very dreadful thing to be,
long to the "demi-fous.' after all.
There is not, as Prof Grasset points
out, any way In which to draw a dis.
! tinguishing line between sanity and
| insanity The shades. or brands, Of
one overlap and are interviewer with
| the other TO such a degree that Il Ia
| impossible to show whore the one ends
and the other begins In other words,
! YOU, for instance, can be both sane
and insane at the same time-perfect-
/ ~ sane on certain subjects but insane,
or partly so, on at least one other.
| There are so many brands Of insanity
that, fortunately, not all OF us are in
sane on the same subject.
Between calm, cold reason and a
transport of passion" says Prof. Gras.
set, between originality and eccen.
| trlcIty, between nervousness and agita.
| ton, between a person who IS slightly
| touched and one who is demonted.
! there are all degrees Of transition, and
II Is impossible to say where insanity
| begins
Admitting for the moment. then
that everybody Is more or less insane
It Is not a question Of Just how insane
q person is, but Of the particular brand
Of insanity he has Inherited or &c
luirod. says a writer In the New York
sunday World.
The brands may be counted by the
score Some OF them are Of real value
especially to man Of genius Others
are useless, harmless or detrimental.
as The case may be
The crot0maniac for instance. falls
In love Hut that is not all He may
love two sisters with equal love at
the same time and no matter how
! hard he may try, he cannot make MP
his mind which 10 marry II Is impos.
8blr FOR him to boar the thought that
! either uf the young women he loves
| should become the wife of another
lie generally solves the problem by
giving them both up ana marrying a
third
The Dipsomanlac Class.
The dipsomaniaC, who must not be-
| elasscd with the habttual drunkard.
suffers from an atlliCtion which impels
him 20 drink whenever an attack
comes on.
Then there are the klcptomaniacs
Prof Grassot describes them as sick
| people who are driven in spite Of
themselves TO take what does not be
long to them, just as we have seen
that the dipsomaniaCs are driven by
an irresistible power to drink.
Among other brands ot scmtinsanity
may be mentioned sitomauia pyro
mania monomania ana mcgalomania.
which are illustrated eni briefly de
-Cribcd Then thore are other brands
which are characterized by Illusions.
Authorizations, jealousy. coucot boast
| tulncss rashncss incriurss. impulaiyr
ness ttmidity and many forms OF &C.
! yyutriCity
Prof Grassrt declares that from
'"'''"""' persons "' "hh''an'"d wind
are az, !" ara" attention TO them
@'N'S pl incur pIe'',i'l. incur quick
NESS !" '"Nl"N ho'" ~ every ih'hs ana
"""'' S'""u'uN H. ana ~ 'h' same TIM"
| by their whims. their hoadstronE WAYS.
'u''' ''U'' 'nS"n''S, lhe'r violent and
COW u'S'N' ATTACKS OF anger. men
'h'l become men they are queer, com
pi'N' heterogeneous individuals, made
ny "' contradictory qualities and
''"''S ! hel are often "a hiEhIy gifted
J." one lIn' aS ,h'l are lacking IN an.
''"'I, from 'he 'Ateli'ctnai point OF
vac" 'n'l sometimes possess the fac
nl'''s 81 imagination, lnNention and eN
'''SS'"" III very hlsh d0S''e, mat is
Y say ""'> are E''''a !" speech ny
! 'h' 't'S an" III poetry
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