When the company had
assembled, the choir sang some glees, after which Mr. Brisbane made a
speech, and gave as a sentiment, "Unity of the Passions." Let me here
explain a little of what is meant by this sentiment. The twelve
passions are what are generally called "the human feelings or
sentiments." They are divided into the intellectual ones, the social
ones and the sensitive ones or those pertaining to the five senses.
There are three intellectual ones, viz., Analysis, Synthesis and the
Composite. These exhaust the powers of the intellect; or, in other
words, the mind separates things, puts things together and compounds
things, and that is all that it can do in its primary intellectual
capacity.
There are four social "passions," viz., Friendship, Love, Familism (i.
e., the family sentiment) and Ambition; and all our social life is
based on one or more of these four sentiments.
Then there are five sensitive passions, which are aids and attendants
of the body--"sight, smelling, hearing, touch and taste."
"The five sensitive passions tend to material riches, refinement and
harmonies. The four affective passions govern social relations and
those of individuals. Friendship tends to social equality and to the
levelling of ranks.
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