IBSENTS APHORISMS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 693, 18 December 1909, Page 9

IBSENTS APHORISMS.

■",-.'.' The 'publishing house :bf"Fiscier,ia.Berlin,' : has.'.just issued/ iii-. ; iour;:Toruiucs, simnltane/ .:■ /ously■ : witt^-tho.^piwegian;: , ,edition; l 'aV complete" /collection /of - the .posthumous; .writings 'of Hen-. ■ '-.' ,TJik' Ibsen.;" 1 :•/::' ■:■■-.-.'-•','>'--. ::■■' ..-; Vriie^Volumes^contain'Cvgreatyijeai' o f ve j sej , :; biographical -material;' a'ud.sketcnes of : tho plots ■,•■:. and morals'.oribsen's'plays^ns'iw'ell'as the text , , of.;the;: , plays';as.first/'completcd./tho-list slipw- ■•■• :: ing the;;great:imp'ortence'flbsen'fattributed to . > tcttef<(VWnnitg:pl'Ws;7plays : '-in':'adyancei : - l 'aad •'■:• to.;thorough""reyisioii.;of-;them: .V-One-!of- : --the editors, ■Herr-Julius.'.■Ellas, -tells.a story- which .: ; illnstrates'lbsen's : >on'-.this .nuestioni ■A';youii3.:dramatist.carae;tovhim, 'arid begged ; ;him' to. play! ..v-'.'Shqw.; me.fjtrst ; tho , plan/'.'Baid.lbsea.i^^.^The'reiVis-mo, l plan," '■.-.■' nnswpred /.the I authorj.iproudly'..-"I wrote it from■..'■scene ito,'seene, : : foHowing -:niy .-inspiration." ••.', Ibsen, .theretfpon.refused-to U-oad tho play, dc- , clarihg .that;fa ' writer/. YJho'.'did: not .make an ■ orderly..plan;of his'draiiia , '(lid-riot know what ■■■■:, a; drama'; was,v J aiul;Vc'ould ; riotl possibly- .writo ■ -~0De.:i;..: - :s€i. ";>?.. t\m-^ : : ",:'■■• ■■:■-■ .-■ ■ :.;.'-.. Thp.'jreliminary.i slcetch';','of..'.'Nora."•• put to - paper .in:;' Home :oiivOctoberfti9,Mß7S,' shows , :■ how clearlytheni!nre;o|'Nora.andhor history ■ ■■' m \ io Ib /™ * e W:h<s hail written a. lino ■, - of; tho rplay,;: Of /tho raordl/of '.which: ho speaks .//as ••follows are.vtpo, kinds' of spiritual .laws,;: two.v Kinds, /or .conscience, i one for' mon //land ; ■»'•: quiterdifferent;v6iih.rfor womcnV ■•'■' They • ■tjdo-.flot;-apo:,-bqtvinip'ijßoticht;.lifo the woman , is /judged .according.;tp,:tW:-law, of tho'-'man, 1 " ./.as■;if;'Bhb:'.wero'-:n6t.%..woinan,'-bii't•'■α^roah';-.":". : in : : our .-;■.■.modern -"sooiety, whicfc is;'jahvoxolxisireiy / male ; ■ Bocioty.^withj.lawsV.iWnUen'.-by:'men,; and with V,;accusers>an(r... i judt!es , ;^wl)p.^reijnrd-; : women's .. actions./fromj-nian s.'?-^oiht*.pf,-.-.yi i ew'."': , ''-'-'■•'■'• .. '■;••■••. : -TIie,-.vplniBes-..contain.:a;,'riurab6r. of aphorisms , .dealins ; with '/many 'igJiW; of lif e , '■ D f which the ■ ■• following -,aro \ chnfactoristic'— ■■• i '■ ■ -■ . .•■;•• - :. ;- .^^lon^of/vscience/'shouWjiiot'/be/nllowed: to" ..■■:;tortare : nnimiills to doatl];.;^j,et.them begin with ,; .'-journalists.Ynnd/politicians?. , ' ,; ■ i :>'-;■•'. ■'.'.- ■;' -: .'■„ ■ : ■■••'; ; ;onri;btistt:thringMs:'haTe been ';'■■■ xhouti ji by-vour;:.worst l rnscalsl" /■--■ ' -V ;■:•; ■..■/':'■'

"The .conscience is hot somothing stable. ■"-.lt : varies \ intliffqreiit individuals and in different ages. ... Jt is between the out-of-date- arid tho up-to-date ■ conscience that party straggles arc waged."- V; , : , ; ~.;>. .>..,:■.. .:"Wish and -will;.- Our worst offences arise trom tho •• tact • that wo confound theso ' two ■things."'... ■■'■■■'.■ ■■■'.".■■•. /"■■':■: ,■.■....■■■'■..• ... :■.■■ •.' ■■-"It -is:said that suicide is immoral. But to nvo a long life of suicide—out of consideration tor tnosoaround us-—?" ■ . .-■:-.- ■ n nvrS'° i will ij ,38 a ne V ■' nobility. Not tho nobility of .gold or of> money, of talent,: or of fh owlo &V T £° nobilit y of tho future will bo tho nobility of courage and of will."'