Memories

here is no longer a
heart that has not broken; there is no longer a man of true feelings who
has not been obliged to break the wings of his love before he came into
the cage of society for rest. It must be so. It cannot be otherwise.
You know not life, but thinking only of my friends, I can tell you many
volumes of tragedy.

"One loved a maiden, and the love was returned; but he was poor, she was
rich. The fathers and relatives wrangled and sneered, and two hearts
were broken. Why? Because the world looked upon it as a misfortune for
a woman to wear a dress made of the wool of a shrub in America, and not
of the fibres of a worm in China.

"Another loved a maiden, and was loved in return; but he was a
Protestant, she was a Catholic. The mothers and the priests bred
mischief, and two hearts were broken. Why? On account of a political
game of chess which Charles V and Henry VIII played together, three
hundred years ago.

"A third loved a maiden, and was loved in return; but he was a noble, she
a peasant. The sisters were angry, and quarreled, and two hearts were
broken. Why? Because, a hundred years ago, one soldier slew another in
battle, who threatened the life of his king. This gave him title and
honors, and his great grandson expiated the blood shed at that time, with
a disappointed life.

"The statisticians say a heart is broken every hour, and I believe it.
But why? In almost every case, because the world does not recognize love
between 'strange people,' unless it be between man and wife. If two
maidens love the same man--the one must fall as a sacrifice. If two men
love the same maiden, one or both must fall as a sacrifice. Why? Cannot
one love a maiden, without wishing to marry her? Cannot one look upon a
woman, without desiring her for his own? You close your eyes, and I feel
I have said too much. The world has changed the most sacred things in
life into the most common. But, Marie, enough! Let us talk the language
of the world when we must talk, and

Mary Johnston (November 21, 1870 May 9, 1936) was an American novelist and womens rights advocate. The daughter of an American Civil War soldier who became a successful lawyer, Mary Johnston was born in the small town of Buchanan, Virginia. A small and frail girl, she was educated at home by family and tutors. She grew up with a love of books and was financially independent enough to devote herself to writing.

Jerzy Faczynski Stefan Bakalowicz Karol Szelner Boznanska Stasiak

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