Meissonier, his life and his art . ase of passion and delightunfettered. But if his art is merely skin-deep, if his will is to beruled by any woman, if anyinfluence of hers is to trans-form him into a mere me-chanical money-getter, let him -,^marry forthwith, and becomethe regulation husband andfather. Marry young. The fathershould be young enough tobe his sons friend. It isan evil thing to feel ones selfgrowing old and weak, justwhen ones children arereaching manhood. I love my friends so wellthat I cannot bear to seethem fall short in any think I even love them somuch that I am pleased
Meissonier, his life and his art . ase of passion and delightunfettered. But if his art is merely skin-deep, if his will is to beruled by any woman, if anyinfluence of hers is to trans-form him into a mere me-chanical money-getter, let him -,^marry forthwith, and becomethe regulation husband andfather. Marry young. The fathershould be young enough tobe his sons friend. It isan evil thing to feel ones selfgrowing old and weak, justwhen ones children arereaching manhood. I love my friends so wellthat I cannot bear to seethem fall short in any think I even love them somuch that I am pleased tofeel a certain jealousy ofthem. When my dear Cer- rien, the remembrance of whom is so constantly in my mind, used totalk to me of things of which I was ignorant, I was not jealous of hisknowledge ; but when he touched on spiritual questions, the science oflife, which all men should understand, and which he understood somuch better than I, I was jealous of him ; I grudged him hissuperiority, although I loved him the more for STANDARD BEARER OF THE TIME OF LOUIS XIII.(Pen Sketch ) 128 MEISSONIER I am always miserable when I see my friends at a disadvantage,when I detect their weaknesses in respect of matters which we shouldbe able to despise. I say to myself sadly that I was deceived in them ;I can only love high-minded men ; I feel that my friendship is dead. How sad it is thatour latter-day intelligenceshould be so common-place ! Do you think thestandard was ever so lowbefore ? Certain centu-ries, of course, have beenmore ignorant, more bar-barous, more absurd ! Butthis was atoned for bythe occasional appearanceof some mighty nowadays the gen-eral level seems to befalling to the lowest pos-sible depth. ^I do not think I shallever be accused of hav-ing been unconscientious,of having disregardedsound advice, of havingfailed to follow indefatigably alter the best. I know people who declare that they are indifferent to the judgmentof others, that they are insen
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