Toistoi’s False Views.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 979, 5 December 1890, Page 4

Toistoi’s False Views.

The story of ‘The Kreutzer Sonata’ seems to have been written for the purpose of showing that woman is at fault ; that she has no right to be attractive, no right to bo beautiful; and that she is morally responsible for the contour of her throat, for the pose of her body, for the symmetry of her limbs, for the red of her lips, and for tho dimples of her cheeks. The opposite of this doctrine is nearer true. It would be far better to hold people responsible for their ugliness than for their beauty. It may be true that tho soul, the mind, in some wondrous way fashions the body, and that to that extent every individual is responsible for his looks. It may be that the man or woman thinking high thoughts will give, necessarily, a nobility to expression and a beauty to outline. It is not true that the sins of man can be laid justly at the feet of woman. Women are better than men ; they have greater responsibilities ; they bear the burdens of joy. This is the real reason why their faults are considered greater. Men and women desire each other,-and this de. sire is a condition of civilisation, progresß and happiness, and of everything of real value. Bat there is this profound difference in the sexes ; in man this desire is the foundation of love, while in woman love ia the foundation of this desire. — R. G. Inger. soll, in North American Review.