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. any mountainous prop It is social orti...
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Canno Pations That T There But Beyond Be...
and sincere sympathetic is needful contact and , irresistible the expression in its of benevolen to ce console ardent and and power
benefit , the unfortunate and distressed . sincerelcompassionateare deterred from the practice of
Many , y , ments benevolence . Position by false / influence and exaggerated wealthare conceptions deemed indispensable of its require to
successwhereas the most unpretending , , efforts , judiciously restricted to a particular , locality and a limited arena of operation , mi to ght
promiscuousl sing easil le y achieve end , would divided what prove is sometimes If successful the alms despaired , thoug bestowed h without of , in and a , benefit directed single month when a
capriciously , y were at the . expiration of that time collected and distributed with order and intelligence , how immeasurably more
beneficial would the result prove ! Women have it in their power sympath to give that y . which In charity is invaluable there will in ever the cause be found —leisure a congenial , thoug Let ht sp them , here and for the fruition of the loyed ies of women .
not neglect then this crowning unemp virtue energ which should " never fail , " them but let entitled the energy to share and in dili the gence inalienable brought ri to hts its of pursuance humanity prove to a
free use of every faculty . To deny this prerogative g to any human creature is to bring discord into the moral government of the
universe obstacles . which To assent render , is ineli indirectl ible y to to women admit the the injustice varied paths of those of g
of mental her human progress rig and hts to emp life loyment , liberty , indispensable , and happiness to — the rig reali hts which sation
the spirit of charity itself cannot but advocate and commend .
196 Sent From Italy.
196 SENT FROM ITALY .
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. Any Mountainous Prop It Is Social Orti...
. any prop It is social ortions very question good assume for , the to all come likeness who for habituall of a while a dream y dwell into , standing scenes in softened the where atmosp it b may its distanc here be large in of
mountainous reality upon the horizon , yet so y e and rendered delicate by intervening air , that its size and importance , its difficult heights and dangerous chasms the , are lost in of the the fair sk faint
lines This of its simile form comes , as it home rises afar to me off in with peculiar pale depths force , as I y look . abroad and see from on either the top hand of the the enormous distant mountain arches of the baths which of Caracalla encircle , ranges
Rome . There is a world beyond the mountains _* a world of activities it the and seems conscience of reforms as if , , conscience as but distinguished its murmur retreated is from here into the unheard the life back of . the ground There soul , is , and and a life here the of
soul had it all her own way . I do not pretend to feel , as many do ,
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1859, page 196, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051859/page/52/
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