Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-01
TheEvening Story
Two Opinions From
the Same Source
A Story For Commencement
By MARGARET c. DEVEREAUX

those fellows who stand at the head of
their classes and take all the prizes
graduates he is seized upon by the fac
ulty for material to supply the waste
in their own ranks. Philip Plympton
was one of these phenomena and
from a student was naturally develop
ed into professor. He had not goue
into the world even for a day to scratch
for himself. as most young men are
obliged to do. He had simply passed
from one intellectual condition to a
higher one.
Professor Plympton was appointed to
the chair of mental philosophy at a
woman's college. The subject is
large one, involving many branches.
The professor was fond OF dwelling on
those features of 1t that were most
capable of exploiting his own original
ideas. One day he was lecturinG to
his class, composed of young ladies
from eighteen to twenty-five, when he
spoke as follows:
| When an idea recurs without the pres
ence of the object remembered 1t is called
memory one Of the most complex of mem
tai faculties. Sometimes the most divine
! OF all our sensations, love, seems TO be
dependent on the faculty OF memory.
There are different kinds OF love. In this
instance refer to love between the sexes
indeed. to that love which endures till
death. When a loving husband and wife
are parted by death memory is all that
keeps 1t alive.
Naturally such discourse excited the
attention of the class. Miss Kitty
| Werner, who was ready to pounce on
any of those serious problems that en-.
gage the attention Of profound scholars
with n view to turning 1t into ridicule,
arose and, having been recognized by
the professor, asked:
How do you know that professor"
I'VE know it from cases of the de
struction of memory by an injury to
the brain. Men have been known to
be attacked with this trouble who have
forgotten wife and even children"
But has not the love returned when
the brain has been relievedp
Certainly"
"Then why do you infer that mem
DRY is all that keeps love alive? Has
not the love lived during the loss OF
memoryY
THE condition is peculiar" replied
the professor haltingly. What you
refer to is a suspension OF memory,
not loss. When memory is restored
It goes on working as usual"
''In other words, begins where it left
OF, suppose"
YES"
"And the love goes on where 1t left
of toog'
Certainly"
'"Then why may not a broken love
be reunited, not only In this world, but
in another exlstenceT'
The professor colored and said this
was but one of a great number Of OBJ
Ijections that arose in the presentation
Of any subject To reply would re
quire much time and his lecture must
remain unfinished. With this he pro
ceeded with his subject
Ten years from the date of the de
livery of that lecture Professor Plymp
ton. now a mature man. was sitting
beside a lady some ten years his jun
Tor, whom he was endeavoring to per
suade to become his wife. Neither
had been married.
Il have always believed in one love
in a lifetime and one love only" sale
the lady. II would wish to be con
WINGED that my husband would love
me not only through life, but for al
eternity"
Il cannot conceive Of my ever ceas
ing to love you"
Suppose you should meet with ar
injury to the brain and lose all mem
DRY of me. Would that end your lover
mo; If relieved of the cause Of the
loss Of memory my love would begiI
again where it left off,"
How about deathT
"The same reasoning would pertain
would continue to love you though
disembodied."
what has memory to do with lover
Nothing. Love is something super
human; matter Of soul"
The lady made no reply to this a
once. On the corner OF her lips Their,
was a quirk and in her eyes which
were bent on the floor, a twinkle.
You thinkers" she said presently
''are apt to think for the time being
These were not your opinions ten year
ago"
Not my opinions ten years ago
What were my opinions ten year
agor
you believed that love. or its con
tinuance, rather, was dependent Oh
memory"
How do you know that held t.
such a proposition
Because / was a member OF a col
lege class to which you lectured. Yol
said in your lecture that love was bro
ken in upon by loss Of memory. and
took issue with you"
A light broke in upon the professor
remembrance. He saw himself 1
a II.