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Show GREATEST OF ALL POWEr.3 Wealth, Ancestry, Genius, and KnowU edge All Pale Before the Wondrous Won-drous Magic of Beauty. The magic of beauty Is more patent than was that of Simon Magus or ot Paracelsus. Beauty Is a different thing from orrament, which may be the disguise dis-guise of ugliness. It is a gift for which no artificial tractions can ever be a substitute. It Is a power greater than birth, wealth, knowledge or genius. People may be proud of their birth, but after all we are not our ancestors. The rich man may transmit his wealth to his offspring, but it may be all wasted In a single generation. Knowl-; Knowl-; Mlge may be a satisfaction to Its pos-i pos-i sessor. but has it not been said that . "the more a man gaineth of knowledge the more he gaineth of sorrow?" Genius, Gen-ius, although It wins admiration, may be an obstacle rather than an aid to success in life. Burns and Poe and Baudelaire had genius, but it did net bring them any worldly advantage. Beauty, on the contrary, Is a key which opens all doors. It shines on the world like tlie sun, and its influence is-universal. is-universal. In Emerson's words, it Is-"its Is-"its own excuse for being." To be beautiful is to be- worshiped, idolized, caressed, and a-dored. The plain, good" . people may protest against the injustice injus-tice of a world wjilch prefers beauty to virtue. But the fact remains. Rochester Post Express. |
