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FACTS VERSUS IDEAS. 79
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and advocated y , in several papers in this Journal , on the subject of L and sympath ife The those Insurance next y who and two attention and divisions almost Annuities ; , certain the howe . daug ver of , hters being are those of left supposed who penniless most wealth at demand the y parents death _olit
are affectionate women of their and fathers parents girls . ; From and can it contemp these seems spring incredible late world the the probable with , how multitude otherwise fate of of these dependent tastes kind their and and
children no idea of when the east meaning helpless of self on the -denial . , From expensive the very fact of the luxurious habitscombined with the idleness observable in the
daughters of nourishing , mercantile men , marriage is daily becoming numerous more done , difficult by , withholding and ; yet consequentl fathers from , will y , g unmarried not irls open suitable their women education eye are s to more in the and injury and proper mor thus that e
training with it is his his . dut me Every y ans to provide ; ri and ght- in minded for the his case father children of acknowled sons in the a manner theory ges commensurate is theory reduced lected , to
practice , the but in the mistakes case made of daug with hters regard it is to wholl their y well neg -being . , Among many
synonymous apart women from with the in loss the prejudice of minds caste and against of the a coming generalit the down name y of in of the men work gilded as ( which regards scale is )
there is , the error of converting marriage into an occupation , and not Girls distinguishing are taught it directl as onl y y and maintain a condition indirectl them of y life that and . their this business somebod is to is
p called paraded ick up a husband somebod abouttau . y who For ht , a this will few purpose flashy accomp they are lishments , sumptuousl , and y do dressed their y ,
, g best A to cruel catch a matrimonial for fathers prize to compel . their young daughters to go process
throug . ast spoken h , especiall , " contemp y as t from of work the / identical 7 young men error dare of which not venture we have and to
narry whoinstead " fine of ladies a small '' " menage cannot " even and one perform good servant household to beg work in , with ,
_xrder nsist , upon as they having sayto a keep mansion up their at once proper , with position a retinue . of idlers , in
_vith ire Time the years , hap passes ; less the : father women no , husbands becomes to do ? have a bankrup In been the meanwhile t , found or dies , chances —and the then sons diminish what have
iheir lonie professions earning fame , some and have money gone . Thousands abroad , others may , have perhaps start been , are . while spent at their father'lifetime to ive them a
> lothing n them of during a similar kind was s ever dreamt g of being done for , those
Facts Versus Ideas. 79
FACTS VERSUS IDEAS . 79
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1861, page 79, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041861/page/7/
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