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Show I GREATEST OF ALL POWERS Wealth, Ancestry, Qenlus, and Know), edge All Pale Oefore the Wondrous Won-drous Magic of Deauty, . The magic of beauty Is inoro pntont than wns Hint of Simon Mucus .or of Pnruet'lstis. Beauty Is n different thing from orrsmcnt, which mny bo the ills- mine of ugliness. It Is u gift for which ao artificial 'tractions cun ever be a aabMltute. It Is a power greater than . . btrltuwenlth, knowledge or genius. People mny to proud of their birth, ant after nil wc nro not our ancestors. The rich man mny transmit his wealth i Uls offspring, but It may be nil n listed In a single generation. Knowledge Knowl-edge nmy be n satisfaction to Its pos-Kiutiir. pos-Kiutiir. but hns It not been said that "Hie more n man gnlncth of knowledge the more-he gnlncth of sorrow?" den-Jos, den-Jos, altbnugh It wins admlrutlon, may e no obstacle rather than an aid t sucrevs In life. Burns and Poc and Bntnlelnlre had genius, but It did not fcrlng them any worldly ndvnntuge. J Polity, on tho contrary, Is a key which opens nil doors, it shines on the world like llio sun, nnd Its Influence Is vnlrerMil. In Kmerson's words, It Is "Its own excuse for being." To bo V-uutlfut Is to bo worshiped, Idolized, rrssed. n'nd adored. The plain, good xypl may protest ncatESt tho Injustice Injus-tice of n world which prefers beauty to virtue. But the fact remains. Hochcstcr Post Kxpress. |
