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82 < ELIZABETH BI^ACKWELL.
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To The Editors Of The English Woman's Jo...
expressive of the utmost disappointment and indignation , and went home in- high dudgeon with Necessity , without speaking a
word . When still very young , the Essay on Decision of Character , by the
Rev . John Foster—whose well-known plaid cloak was often seen at her father ' s fire-side—was a great favourite with her . Queen
Elizabeth's undaunted spirit , the fearless grace of the Huntress Dianaandthe healthy self-dependence and elasticity of fibre of the
vigorou , s heroines . of old northern story , occupied a high place in her admiration . her
At a somewhat later period , her superior strength rendering more than a match for the other members of her family , she would
sometimes gain a contested point by inflicting a compulsory promenade on the oposing twhom she would take up in her
arms and useless , and carr entreaties y about p for the release par house y , , un the til latter , wearied was ou fain t with to cap lau itula ghter te
, on her own terms . On one occasion , a gentleman and his wife , who were on intimate terms with the familwere spending the evening
at their housewhenthe conversation y , happening to turn on the , , inferior muscular power of women as compared with men , Mr . X .
—a small man , and a little inclined to overrate his physical strength the —asser female ted - , — no a t proposition merely that not the to male be gainsaid sex in general —but that is st the ronger weakest than
man , if he put forth his full strength , would be found to be stronger than the strongest woman .
" That is certainly a mistake , " remarked her brothers , " s t lizabe reth th wi , when th us she is m chooses ore than to give mat ch rself for ei the ther trouble of us of at measuring wrestling
ng , or at She lifti could ng , and not lift carr me y us no woman bout wit livin h perfect g could ease lift . " me against
my will ! " exclaimed Mr . X ., with slightly contemptuous incredulity . " Try itMiss Elizabeth ! " he continuedturning towards
herand settling , himself resolutely in his seat , wit , h his feet pressed firm , lon the floor"do your utmost ; I defy you to move me out
y ; of this chair !" Thus challenged , Elizabeth walked slowly across the room , lifted
Mr . X . from his chair , seated him on her left arm , and holding him firmly with the other , in spite of his desperat with e effor the ts to utmost get himself deli
freewalked three times round the parlour - beration , , and quietly remarked , as she replaced him in his chair amidst an outburst of irrepressible merriment , to which the two
visitors contributed their full share , " You see , Mr . X ., that some women In 1832 are Mr quite Bl as ack strong well was as some so men heavy !" a loser by the failure of
. several commercial houses with which he was connected , that he determined to wind up his affairs in Bristol , and to remove with his
family to the United States , which offered , at that period , a very
82 < Elizabeth Bi^Ackwell.
82 < ELIZABETH BI _^ ACKWELL .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1858, page 82, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041858/page/10/
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