The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-24

IOuS DItRntS. and ~CnrOniCIe0 ALI with
pagan candor and lack OF shame.
.I,et ia be ,,pasba med NJ soul, pnu
Browning. ant asan wa. I'M
ashamed M wbateyer life and c,rcum-
stance nffered He IVA. half Span,sb
and half Venetian. and from the earli-
est Casanova m record. Don .Jacobo of
Tho aftee,,h cepturv ,hev uere NJ a
rio,ous and rowing disposition. Don
Iorobo of ;lieg,timatc birtb h,m.elf
~, rried off a ,adv from n Roman con-
vent tho dav after shc had taken her
vous IIis On, rop J,ap Titled NJ,
ne,rer NJ tho king In Nnp,es and aed
with Columns diving nm the ovavo
His son Marcantio was an epiyram-
matte noet who had tn flee from Roma
bcco,,se his satire was too keen. Casa
,oya,s owp father ran ov-av from hmm.
a, n,netee, and married. a young 40.
,ress. n, then FOL, In loye with n shoe
mak.r,s daughter ri ia and aiscar5ed
Tho ono for tho n, ber The hero of tho
memoirs was the son of the second
union. The Qualities that UayeIock
ELLIS comments in Casanova are again
physical energy. utter fearlessness-
NOT To saw shamelessness-respcct for
natural rather than conventional laws.
n well defined philosophs OF life. the
self-confidence with which he APP
preached the world. his uuie, admis-
sion that whatever course N man MR.
sues in life. some part of his nature Is
and must remain unsatisfed. For. Mr..
Ellis says. "the more finely and ade-
quately We adjust ourselves to the
actual conditions Of life, the larger the
unused and unsatisfied region within
us The moral To he drawn is doubt
less that man is not only dual. more
ar less, each n Of us n satyr and an
ascetic. but man Is multiple and eternal.
ana life offers outlet only To the SMALL
est portion OF his being.
We need athietics 10 expand ana
harinonize u energies. ana art ana
literature 10 exercise our inner and
more spiritual qualities. Casanova
ilVed. according to his present critic.
the fullest possible me- stunning no
experience, but boldly what
ever pathways life opened To him.
ADMITS that GOA usefulness was tenn
porary' that the world IN general VIII
hardly continue To read him. To his
'orlans ne VIII Always ne ot value, he
cause or his fidelity to fact and his
patlenSe in amassIng details. His
memory was marvellous: ma me
more ne says or himself, est
chorme. prodigieuse. ellie me gene;
quand JeNoque les ob1ets u Jai Nus
)e les revoirs tells quils sont reelle-
ment avec leurs lignes. leurs formes,
leurs couieurs' leurs odeurs. leurs
sons: c'est une naturalization a out
rance MS eager'ess ana accuracy
In absorbing n recording the objects
"f the senses sights and smells viii
a'"aNs CIV value 10 his work. His
hoNels aus" retain interest as protests
against the exaggerated purism which
nad ru'eo the rrench written qua
i"r 'nree centuries The reader -
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