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MODERN INCONSISTENCY. 313
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er-; yet by wan unfitted t of e b duc y their ation want ! Wher of knowled e rests the ge ? blam Fitted e of thi by s nature inconsi , unfitted stency ? fault of
. Is it the fault of man or of woman ? We believe it is the nected both . with Changes customs do not and take accepted place op in inions a day . , especiall A dynast y y those may con be
bold overthrown assault b but y a it well is not -planned so with prejudices p d'etat , . a These fortress mental taken citadels ~ b y a
can their sistentl onl province y y . be Little , taken and by now by little sapp little women ing b and little have mining they permitted , must slowl regain y men , steadil to their y restrict , per lost
-. took possessions the . , To trade give of a common milliners y -place or illustration of selling ; small when wares men first for
up , feminine . to but deal they in per use ribbons s , evered a prejudice , and and laces by doubtless degrees in fringes existed it became and against tassels the custom . their And doing for so with men - so , _,
, other things . opposit It does e sides harm eyeing to speak each other of men with distrust and women , when as their standing only safe on
as sistent and great rig to ht variety compel position in women the is to tastes walk to perform of and one work sex onl as in y the harmony one other kind , . and of There work it which is , incon exist when in s -
men are permitted and encouraged to take up trades , chance former age to have s were a considered talent for construction essentially feminine and fancy . Should she should a woman like
to be an architectand invent plans for improved , accommodation in dwelling-houses ,- wherefore , should she not follow the ladies bent dresses of her ?
genius Or as well another as the woman man who fancies invents she patterns could succeed for in producing ' desi suppose for landscape gardeninghaving a fine eye for effectfor the
a disp keen gns osition sense of of lig the ht and picturesque shade , a , knowled , —is there ge any of perspective valid reason , —in wh , . short y her ,
talent ought not to be cultivated as well as the talents of the man have who In draws the regard desi to gns hi to _g'her for impart matters muslins moral many or strength paper women hang and have ings g the ive ? will good , and counsel a few ;
but until . a power wiser , education brings out the qualities , in them requisite for quentl a just y go on estimate stumblin of g life over , and every how small best stone to use or it getting , they entang must fre led
heathen in every idea thicket of woman which is shuts clun in to their rather pathway than the . So Christian long as , men the g ,
must pay , and they are now paying , the penalty of their apostasy .
Modern Inconsistency. 313
MODERN INCONSISTENCY . 313
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1862, page 313, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011862/page/25/
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