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ORGANIZATION. 333
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4 A Success It Was Said To His Of Talent...
care are The at to ; present idea shoot that has women into manifestl a may wide y "be taken -spreading of greater root , and tree use . onl to The y society needs simp than time lest -they and and up
results surest , way is by of women strengthening associating this themselves idea , and of for obtaining this purpose practical , and ,
labor by some showever single bond different of union their , works encoura of ging charit each y or other of utilit in y their may
, be . The movement must spread ; but in the meanwhile a deal of
has strength been is again expended and again in isolated reiterated and that unsupported unless women endeavors can influ . It
Now ence public however opinion valuable in behalf such a of patronage their wishes may , they be , to can confirm do nothing what- .
ever , is undertakenit must not be forgotten that even the steadiest and best public , inion is liable to waverif not to err ; therefore
hy no one it oug should ht imp it op be licitl temporaril y to depend y adverse upon it , or , or be slow wholl to y a discourage cknowledge d
truth , in a new form . It has likewise been said that women are greater conservatives
t strive han men to advance , and cling to what rather may to he what however 'is , ( however superior . inferior Be thi , ) s as than it
may as in , all ( for others we have where heard men the seek very to , dogmatize contrary advanced on the nature on this of point their ,
s is women ters thing , ) we have cannot no , been surprise hav made e contrary need to depend be virtues shown on others in should the at same all they character times be , slow and ; and for to
every strive for a , position of _independence only to be obtained by exertionand by self-dependence , either in the path of industry or in
, the S exercise writers of philanthropy maintain that . to excite women to be active and ome
hel excited pful , their that if sympathies their own interest exclusivel , be y solel on y behalf addressed of others a deaf must ear will be
be turne ; d to all admonitions or exhortations . Very , romantic this ; p nay hilosop , almost hers angelic say , we ; but believe whatever the alike poets one to the sex may to other sing be , than , as or the even is lat one e Sy -sided dney
and Smith we said venture , " infinitel to add y more more likethan is in certain quarters supposed and ;" under certain circumstances , welcome , . Did women see that it is
their interest to unite for the , advancement of that interest , as is the case with the other sex when any matter of importance is brought but the
before themsuch union no one finding fault with , on so contr . ary But encourag hitherto , ing the as idea natural kept and before right their , they eyes would has hearti been ly the do
reverseand it has been incessantly dinned into their ears , that any strength , with which they had been endowed , or could exert , was to h
reli be sacrificed ion and reason rightly alike or wrong show l . y that to the self interests -sacrifice of is others alone , demanded althoug g ,
in a righteous cause .
Organization. 333
ORGANIZATION . 333
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1861, page 333, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011861/page/45/
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