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; " Th ^ re are two principles in continual operation in tUd ttutnan b ^ ing , the selfish and the sympathetic . The selfish i » productive 4 > f pleasure of a certain kind ; the sympathetic is productive of pleasure of another kind . The selfish is primary and essential ; the ay it ) pathetic , arisiug out of the selfish , is superadded to it . The sympathetic principle is nobler than the selfish , whence the selfish is subservient to
the sympathetic ; but there is not only no opposition , hostility , or antagonism between them , but the strictest possible connection , dependence and subservience ; and whatever is conducive to the true end of the selfish , is equally conducive to the true end of the ; sympathetic principle . Any attempt to extend the selfish principle beyond what is compatible with the perfection of the sympathetic , or
the sympathetic beyond what is compatible with the perfection of the aelfisn , instead of accomplishing the end in view , only produces mental disease . Opposing and jarring action , antagonizing und mutually destructive powers , are combined in no other work of nature ; and it would be wonderful , indeed , were the only instance of it found in man , the noblest of her works , and in the mind of man , the noblest
part of her noblest work . No one supposes that there is any such inharmonious combination in the organization of bis physical frame , and the notion that it exists in His menial constitution , as it is founded in the grossest ignorance , so it is productive of incalculable mischief . "—Philosophy of Health * By Southwood Smith , M . D , vol . i . p . 90 .
A man is born into the world to feel , to think , to enjoy , to make his fortune , to feast on all sorts of selfish pleasures ; ttat it is a woman ' s whole occupation to love , and her sole business to be married . Donna Julia says very
truly" Man ' s love is of man ' s life a thing apart , f Tis woman ' s whole existence ; man may range The court , camp , church , the vessel , and the mart , Sword , gown , gain , glory , offer in exchange Pride , fame , ambition , to fill up his heart , And few there are whom these cannot estrange : Men have all these resources—we but one , To love again , and be again undone . Don Juan .
We have quoted the above stanza , not only for the sake of the truth it so clearly and comprehensively embodies , but also because it is extracted from a long * poem , the main business of
which is a series of apt and varied illustrations of the opposite kinds of morality practised and approved by ruen and by women . Almost every man is a Don Juan , according to his capacity and circumstances ; viz . his personal appearance , address , possession of wealth , and absence of rational occupation . Except the sickly , all those men who can neither take
up a book or a spade , are as sure to " pet into mischief" 'Us -when they were children , —and the weaker Tewel bf woman , wbosfe body is not unfrequentiy r < nitt * fed * till wetflfcer bfthe VtPOAff . action of her mind , always " toea to * he ^ tfW , ^ * nqyiiiot
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1836, page 428, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2659/page/36/
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