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she is waspy for such homago, her
whims, flirty ways and pouts, assev
erate. She repels reluctant submis
sion. To be admire!, and in the in-,
stances of a few, loved, is the kernel
of all her pleasures! Flirts have
their origin in self-exaltation, and the
consciousness of their secret magic.
They are notoriously, persons of
overweening vanity; but sometimes
they have inducements to become
flirts, other than'the cajolery of van
ity. Their intellects may put them
above the brains of most men, and
disclose their policies; and they can
not repress a contempt for the cater
ing coxcomb. How could she re
spect the creature’s sincerity, when
he swears “ by Jupiter” to all the
rich girls that he meets ! In her cold
cruelty, she delights in his discomfi
tures. I am certain such a proud
mind would love devotedly, were she
to meet a man as proud as she—one*
who is “ Every inch a King ;” for a
touch o£ the hand, do women kneel,
and before whom, do men uncovered
stand. This same power, yclept Ins
telligence, seems to refine another
closs—the nobler class. To that de
gree, to which tho former becomesan
enchantress, she personifies tho god
dess. From her eyrie she looks down
upon man with tenderness and mer
cy. She is his friend and adviser.—
If she is mated, her life-pulse will
number only pleasures. If she stertis
life’s floods alone, she will be a dis
penser of good deeds.
Women are fascinated with wild,
reckless men—why is it? The mag
netism is identical with that induced
by the etiquette of honor which sub
sisted between the Highland clans of
Locksley in Ivanhoe, or of the wild,
roving freedom of the Arab. These
men attract by their passions; they
pic', upon woman’s sympathy by
the. lottery with fate. They are
stirKd with a spirit which she idol-,
izes, individuality, intrepidity. They
jndieate a power which scorns the
opinion of others, so rarely seen, ipso
facto. Women idealize such men, and
their power is as magic as that of a
mesmer. Pope, upon this point, said
all women were “ rakes at heart,” but
he grossly misconceived them. They
are simple dreamers ! led into extra
vagancies, alluringly, fancy-ridden
jades, unintentionally, but many
times badly caparisoned! Women
are tho first espousers of anew doc
trine. They have an avidity, an ea->
gerness for tho romantic novel, or
unreal. They are firmer adherents
to a cause. They are tho soonest to
laurel the brow of the hero. They
are the truest in love, and most mad
dened in hate.
We have often heard, women
when wicked, aro wbrso ntan men.
Why? Becauso the the
unreal, drunken them.
delicateness is displacechby sn^iing
THE GEORGIA COLLEGIAN.
brazonnoss ; the soft sensibilities be
come rigid and frozen. Lady Mac
both never repented, nor felt a pang
of conscience at her crime! Bancho’s
ghost was chased to its charnel, and
the sod which received it stamped
and spit upon. Women are more su
perstitious than men, because of the
unrealness of the idea. 1 know a
young lady, who entertained the
vague notion that a ghost was going
to extend his perambulations down
her chimney; she mado it a practice
to look up it, with a candle , before re
tiring. Women, because of the ideal
istic propensity, are more chivalric
patriots. Madame Roland was the
soul of the Girondist party; and tfieir
policy made up her pulsations.—
Charlotte Corday perpetrated an act
in broad sunlight, amidst her ene
mies, which no man could have done.
As tho saintly victim of liberty, hor
heart bore but one sin, which we
know not whether to praise or con
demn! Hor spirit was exhaled,
whose immortal essence will conquer
tho grave, and whose approach will
ever evoke a silent tear and a burst
of cheer!
Woman, so full of petulancies and
follies, can be a forgiving saint, an im
passioned adorer, the purest patriot,
and a demoniacal murderess, or a
relontloss shrew. Every where she
is the slave of her feelings, the helot
of her passions! She possesses a na
ture delicately strung. The harp of
Allan-bane, when the battle’s roar
and the warrior’s shout swept o’er it,
called back the fleeting breath, and
the pale spirits of Roderick Dhn’s
gallant band, and their manly throes
and uncrying ardor wore captained
again, in the dreams of the dying
chieftian ! But a softer sound chas
ed away the echoes of the trumpet’s
blast—’twas a subdued requiem, a
nobleman’s masonic lay ! Alter her
her life, and she varies with it. If
she is in fault, it is that of her ardor,
and not \ judgment. In the uni
verse of in. cry, the most radiant
type of Hope, is a young girl in the
dawning peep of first love ! 1 find it
notin my heart to revile her; her
zeal if it be misguided, I condemn—
but cannot reprobate. In marriage,
those ties founded in respect, give the
wife and husband joy. She must
own him as her master. Marital re
lations can be bearable only in the
submission of tho wife! Slue must
idolize ! She loves only that man,
who is her most .uncompromising
sovereign ! Wemar.
...True, genuine wit is no other
than the faculty of seeing rightly;
common eenso approaches much
nearer to it than exaggerated ideas.
The more a man is endued with com
mon sense, the more wit he possesses.
And genius, what is it, but good
sense it)tent upon new ideas ?— Mad.
Be Stael.
What Young Men Should Do,
1. Every young man should make
the most of himself, intellectually,
morally and physically.
2. Ho should depend upon his own
efforts to accomplish these results.
3. He should be willing to take
advice from those competent to give
itj and to follow such advice unless
his own judgment or conviction, pro
perly founded, should otherwise di
rect.
4. If he is unfortunate enough to
have a rich and indulgent father, he
must do the best ho can under the
circumstances, which will bo to con
duct himself very much as though he
had not these obstacles t$ overcome.
5. Ho should never be discouraged
by small beginnings, but remember
that all great results have been
wrought out from apparently slight
causes.
6. He should never under any cir
cumstances, be idle. If ho cannot
find the employment ho prefers, let
him come as near his desires as pos
sible—he will thus reach the object
of his ambition.
7. All young men have “inaliena
ble rights,” among which none is
greater or more sacred than the pri
vilege to bo “ somebody.”— Bunn.
A New Religious Order. —The
Independent says that anew order
has among High
Churchmen, called the Brotherhood
of thejHoly Cross, the object of which
is to unite young men in colleges and
elsewhere in defence of the advanced
views of the Ritualists—that it not
only has branches in the Episcopal
institutions, but in Yale, Princeton,
Brown and Columbia Colleges.
Five Dollar Sewing Machine
purchased by me, January, 1866,
from thß Family Sewing Machine
Company, 86 Nassau street, N. Y.,
has been in almost constant use ever
since. It has not been out of order
once. Has cost nothing for repairs,
and I find it simple and reliable in
operation, and always ready to sew.
Those friends of mine who use them
with the new improvements are very
much pleased. The one I have I
would not part with.
Mrs. Ann W. Cutiiburt,
OclSai 42S West 36th-street, New York.
...Dean Swift had a great aversion
to angling. Being asked by a little
girl what a fish rod was. he replied,
“ It means, my dear, a long polo with
a worm at one end and a fool at the
other.”
‘ *
...For the antiquity of the practice
of tying a thread upon the finger, for
the sake of remembering'a thing, see
Deuteronomy, vi. *B.—“ And thou
shalt bind them for a sign upon thine
hand.”
..An the Malay language the same
word signifietihet*a‘~vroma-n or a
flower. _ •
COLLEGE NEWS ITEMS.
Oglethorpe University.— This ex
cellent institution, which is under the
charge of the Presbyterian Synod of
Georgia, has been suspended for sev
eral years, but will bo reopened in
Atlanta on tho first Tuesday (4th
day) of October next. Rev. David
Wills, D. D., formerly Pastor of tho
Macon Church, is President of the
College. Mr. Benj. T. Hunter, A.
M., an alumnus of “ Oglethorpe,”
and now President of the University
High School, has been called to occu
py the chair of Prof, of Physical Sci
ences. He will be unable to leave his
present position before next Janua
ry. Wo are sorry indeed, to lose his
services; but congratulate him on his
good fortune —and earnestly desire
that he and his Alma Mater shall en
joy a happy and prosperous future.
...It is said that “The Virginia
Female Institute” at Staunton, Va.,
awarded, at the close of its last ses
sion, some eighty medals for excel
lent scholarship in tho various
branches taught. All, or nearly all,
of the students, received at least, one
medal; somereceived several. Those
young ladies must certainly have
been most excellent scholars, since so
many obtained such valuable Re
wards of Merit.
...Emory College, under the charge
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South, still remains quietly and con
tentedly at Oxford, near Covington,
Ga. Asa seminary of learning, it
enjoys an excellent and wide-spread
reputation. Many of our
zens, and some of the best contribu
tors to the Collegian , are graduates
and students of Emory.
...The Exercises of the Presbyte
rian Theological Seminary, at Colum
bia, S. C , began on the 19th inst.—
On the 21st, a public Introductory
Lecture was delivered by the Rev.
Joseph R. Wilson, D. D., who has
just entered upon his duties as Pro
fessor of Pastoral and Evangelistic
Theology and Sacred Rhetoric.
Mercer University. —This noble
institution, which is conducted under
the auspices of the Baptist Church,
still holds its sessions at Penfield,
Greene Cos., Ga., as it has been im
possible, ur yet, to secure grounds
and buildings in Macon. For your
sakes, friendly “ Merfcerians,” we
hope you may before long bo welcom
ed, as students, in Macon.
...Abelard was surprised, that uns
common as was his passion for Elois
sa, ho could express it only in com
mon terms, such as the most illite
rate boor might use, “ I love you,
adorablo Eloisa.”
...The reason why Pennsylvania
was settled —
Penn refused to pull his bat off
and therefore
to light pat on.
Whore with his hat on.
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