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FACTS VERSUS IDEAS. 77
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certain to what extent it may be puffed out , or into how wonderfull tion y is small attained a space of it its can exact be contracted proportions . Until and circumference a definite concep and
what amount of inflation is requisite for keeping it going , we , shall to not women give our we own mus o t p inion ke on and the that subj is , ect how . , One with remark the rap , idity in justice with
which sudden where they , at just , times fall when , they with feeling pain are , "whirled and for astonishment their heavenwards wings written , , dashed and on then earthwards their , all faces of a , , "
they manage to keep their heads at all steady , or escape mental con A cuss third ions it word will , is indeed be presents a marvel itself to , . and offer before a few leaving observations this part on of our the subject necessary
part it plays in the affairs of women as well as in those of the other The sex confusion . of ideas which this still more common word than
its of the predecessors termbut produces from the , limitation is not from and the restriction too frequent of its use meaning or abuse .
"Work" is , the word to which we now allude , and we shall give a definition definition which of it as raises expressed and elevates by a great it to and a much profound loftier thinker signi- ;
ficance is a the and ell which position brings than forth is assi the gned hidden to it powers by the many of natur . " e Work : it is sp
the modelling embellishment triump , h or of transforming the of life spirit Work over the " matter is material the , realization the substances rendering of thoug serviceable for the ht , use coming , and
reforth of the from visible the world dark " chao . With s of h this ypothesis concep to tion the of regularit the true y meaning and order of
lege work ? , can Nevertheless any one imag . an idea ine it seem to be s to a be degradation fixed in the and op not inion a of privi the
public therefore , that it has work become , has a a confirmed lowering usage tendency to keep as regards girls , after women what , the is
is calle _ducation d their at education all ) in positiv has been e idleness completed . The , ( which fruits , of by this noxious way ,
prej no e udice fettered women by are this , compelled chain of to custom eat in afraid bitterness , of being of heart thoug ; and ht
men singular , , persevere in perpetuating the , error whose roots are so deeplembedded in our Social soil
like We nature y have endeavored ori to inall prove from th . at this the prejudice misinterpretation , and others of of the a sprang gy
three words , we have selected as those in most frequent use , and we shall now _j ) oint out a few of the the conduct consequences of fathers of this towards erroneous their
opinion , as daily illustrated by daug It hters will . be understood that the remarks madeor about to be
madeare intended for those families of our middle , class for whom the father , the bread-winnerhas to toil hard , either with head or
handsbrain , s or muscle . Nevertheless , the principle holds good , ,
Facts Versus Ideas. 77
FACTS VERSUS IDEAS . 77
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1861, page 77, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041861/page/5/
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