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THE DISPUTED QUESTION. 365
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will not at once or easily take up higher ground , any more than they will character falsel be y permitted elevated of the limited , unresisted they objects seem to as possessing occupy it were it . their even Undul minds to y depressed partake and enfeebling , of or the as
invalids their bodies shun ; all and serious thoug reflection h created upon neither the great children end , of slave existence s , nor ,
terrifie existing d , b domestic y the threat interests that . the But phantom , with every will modif neglected y , or in endowment jure , their ,
every abused instinct , a Nemesis stalks side by side : while women the corrup worst t or parts stunt of their their hig being her , energ acquire ies , the the secondary diseased — growth nay , often of a
fungus Women . are called upon to exercise certain , even extraordinary
inherent virtues , while foibles , ridiculed vices rather at , the entirel same y contradictory time for cert of ain such so virtues -called
and incompatible with their existence , yet alleged to be necessary for their production . This will not answer above , we cannot below be
black and white at once ; women are neither nor humanit curious " y , get they . are " of If it as ; is the said popular sometimes feminine women model are of is as onl much y a
value in the up world as , wives and mothers , , as men are who are husbands , fathers , and workmen beside , why is it not acknowledged
otherwise than in words , or than by the offering of a spurious dignity ? As if to make women incapable of taking a part in the higher
other purposes endowment of life , it s is they insinuated are sai that d to they be are in incapable possession . of In peculiar lieu of
instinctsinsufficient , howeveras with the bee to secure food , or the beaver to , build a , housefar , less to grasp the importance and
, respon and credulity sibility . of Eastern existence anti , and quit hence y suffered ever in them the to jaws sink of into dependence
forgetfulness on earth , without a starting point even for the life the beyond Christian ; and we in , the with woman the most , but marvellous instead of inconsistency justice treat , her recognise with
expediency tional . womenin all and countriesand in all rankshave Exc
worked ep ; -in savage life , , and ages in the humbler classes , of civilized , lite *
The Disputed Question. 365
THE DISPUTED QUESTION . 365
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1858, page 365, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081858/page/5/
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