The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-21
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP RE-
NOUNCED.
A Plausible but Uncertifed ExpIanx-
ton Of Mr.. Henry James's Act.

The danger. or, with closer regard
to the modesto so modest-little
facts, the slight or slightest risk Is,
Of course, that the effect of the pres
ent public conditions upon ones poor
dear inward life may seem to the
friendly observer, and eve to oneself,
to loom larger than any other aspect
of SO SCATTERING a conjunction of ones
personal star with the constellation
Of heaven. But tho instinct not to
press, not to push on. till forced,
through any half real door OF the
real was as 1t had never been, when
the real door Of the real visibly gaped.
No kind Of c~omplacency, then, no as
severation OF certainty, n not the
two combined. combined. II they were
combined, in a name hitherto un-
exampled in ones experience Of that
inward life which now fairly begs for
the commiserating adjectives-need
be suspected in action of i~rrevocable
consequences, in the burning Of ones
bridges. unless, indeed. bridge con-
note too great a solidity M perma-
nence to serve, even metaphorically,
for a bond that has long been Of the
last tenuity. My difficulty toe as ]
stare at II, Is not diminished by a
temporary, but recurring, triumph OF
the feeling within one that ones
bridges, however little ones feet may
have trod them, however lacking the
Impulse to that exercise. however fixed
the knowledge that such exercise, II
again undertaken, must be almost en-
tirely without objective to the analyst
are not lightly to be destroyed.
Neither the felt discomfort, however
OF u completely resolved continuity
with ones inefYable past, nor any NAL
ice In misinterpretation of that seem
ing confidence which. more than once
In these latter days. / nave obviously
even suspiciously, eyed, and perhaps
myself misinteypreted, and which
have mentioned less to forestall criti.
cism than to provide justification In
the private retrospect, neither these
nor any beguiling and predisposed in
n%uence. native to the inward life, &c
let things go hang. can at all econ
cile n even TO the imagined result
OF choosing the alternative. Thing,
decline to go hang, and the analys'
himself, with the best will in the world
has failed to effect the suspension
The adverse considerations don't meal
nothing. are so far from meanins
nothing that other significances, de
rived. AS they so numerously are de
rived. from all sorts OF consideration,
that are anything hut adverse. ar,
nearly. after all, without appeal
Eclipse-O so plainly-is first. and IN,
rest nowhere. Such things com,
out" Upon no of com
mand, upon no intensity OF depreca
ton. will they vanish. II my sens!
b!lity has yielded, pray believe tina
1t is not for lack OF that stout resist
ance TO which I was. even If ! am no
to remain, strongly disposed. Tn
terms, all determinations made an,
recognized, were unconditional sur
render. and the ability to resist wa
vastly inferior to the. I hope, credit
able impulse TO hat excess.
Further statement OF the one su
preme impulsion is needless. What
comes to is that principles are of uni
versal eligibility. BY arriving an,
tarrying upon this planet, you pa,
your money, and, thus liberated. thu
enfrahchised, you take your choice
The analyst. having chosen. makes
with, It may be, in spite of his enor
at explanation, a deceptive appearance
OF impassivity. that familiar gestur
OF parting which. in his instance
must be also a gesture OF farewell.
II. j., per NJ. T. NJ. Unauthorized.