Мартин Иден

Chapter 23

           Allthisherealized,butitdidnotaffecthisloveforher,norherloveforhim. Lovewastoofineandnoble,andhewastooloyalaloverforhimtobesmirchlovewithcriticism. WhatdidlovehavetodowithRuth’sdivergentviewsonart,rightconduct,theFrenchRevolution,orequalsuffrage? Theywerementalprocesses,butlovewasbeyondreason; itwassuperrational. Hecouldnotbelittlelove. Heworshippedit. Lovelayonthemountain-topsbeyondthevalley-landofreason. Itwasasublimatesconditionofexistence,thetopmostpeakofliving,anditcamerarely. Thankstotheschoolofscientificphilosophershefavored,heknewthebiologicalsignificanceoflove; butbyarefinedprocessofthesamescientificreasoninghereachedtheconclusionthatthehumanorganismachieveditshighestpurposeinlove,thatlovemustnotbequestioned,butmustbeacceptedasthehighestguerdonoflife. Thus,heconsideredtheloverblessedoverallcreatures,anditwasadelighttohimtothinkof"God’sownmadlover,"risingabovethethingsofearth,abovewealthandjudgment,publicopinionandapplause,risingabovelifeitselfand"dyingonakiss." 

           MuchofthisMartinhadalreadyreasonedout,andsomeofithereasonedoutlater. Inthemeantimeheworked,takingnorecreationexceptwhenhewenttoseeRuth,andlivinglikeaSpartan. 

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