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FACTS VERSUS IDEAS. * . 75
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become poetical could verbiage a mirror . And be still lield more to startled them in -would which these were _saine reflected men
faces well , known as bright and joyous up , but as seen in , that reflection , palewornand sad . Yes ; the faces of daughters and kinswomen
changed , into , those sorrowful shadows of their former selves by suffering , by want , by never-ceasing , vain efforts for life , and at last ,
_, the frantic happy by ap bli athetic g despair faces ht of indifference povert had . And it y not could the been to reader not weal have ( in too or the fallen may -woe maj start , on ending orit these y when of in once cases we hopeless affirm ) sweet the , or fault that and in
of kindly intentioned but ill-judging or prejudice-ridden parents , who lected their duties towards their daughters , and thus neglected
them neg in consequence of the perpetual sounding of meaningless words in their ears .
This is but another exemplification of the often-quoted truth , that grievous results may be arrived at by the most unsuspected
causes . Few persons at a cursory glance would imagine , that from the over-frequent and lavish use of a set of words and phrases _,,
pretty in themselves and true in limited senses , there could possibly come such an accumulation of miseryand yet it is so , in spite of
everything the upholders of the ideal can , say to the contrary . Words are of no avail unless they express thoughtsand bring
, to those act thoug thus as hts the from visible the inner si to of the an idea outer then senses are ; when they they nothing fail gn
higher or better than meaningless sounds , , or the jabberings of idiocy . All ideas , worth the name , expand and enlarge with the
growth of humanity and the progress of civilization ; wherefore husk than then symp , ? cling toms when Certain of with the being a words covering perverse rent are in becomes tenacit p in ieces extensive , y do to too we the demand small not dried rather , and wp at fin present and shows d a new shrivelled evident when form - ,
, ever womanor the most remote thing that concerns her , is the top one ic most of conversation often , called , for or the broug subject ht forward of written rightl disquisition y or wrong . ly The on
fe every els himself possible emb occasion arrassed , , and or used in danger whenever of arriving the speaker at other or conclu writer
sions than he knows are expected , , ( from at least the niale £ _3 ortion of his audience ) is the word " domestic" and it invariably winds
up some grand , , fantastic rhodomontade , about feeling and feeling alone
. This peroration , so _" touchingly tender , " is quite conclusive to those who listen but do not think ; the speaker or writer is applauded
accordingly , and Paterfamilias is once more assured that all is right with his household gods . Some there arehowever , who do not feel
, satisfiedand wonder by what dexterous sleight of tongue or of pen the said , poetical finale could have been reachedas at starting , the
, truth pointed to an entirely opposite conclusion . These logical
dissentients grieve over the fact , that modern domesticity G evinces 2 so
Facts Versus Ideas. * . 75
FACTS VERSUS IDEAS . * . 75
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1861, page 75, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041861/page/3/
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