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68 OPEN COUNCIL.
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Deab Madam, nations I have and read quit...
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to in a her loving valuable and quali willing ties servitude of self-sacrifice , giving for up tlie all centre good personal of of others the considerations famil , devotes herself , till the ,
consciousl lace the wife y or alone unconsciousl should y fill :, she who becomes thus the occupying a false position y , filling , not unfrequentl p ends bsinkingapparentl , , indolent and characterlessinto the
y y , y , dren second whom place in it her household bethe sister and educates in her husband learn to ' s look consideration to her . and The throug chil h -
, , may , , up , that them under she becomes such relations the obje it ct can of be the otherwise father ' s regard nay , this . It state is next of things to impossible , painful
and tie perp concerned lexing as it the is , reliance arises out of of the the wife very , virtue on the s sister and good the sister qualities ' s faithful of the
life par discharge devoted s of to the him trust : and reposed to his . in her Tim , e the passes husband up on ; ' sl s o grateful wly , or suddenl recognition y , as of the a clear of her
her for case which very may life be there , springs the is wife not . even awakens It is a not name to jealousy a takes , possession it perception is not heartlessness of her heart position , , it and is . not corrodes Misery want
for of sisterl her sister y , maternal her children , or conjugal and her affection husband , for and it feeds grows upon out of the her wrong very done love to her as a sister , a mother , and a wife . ,
p acquaintances itying Then spectators it is , that and , . those , If in the some sad , temperament denouements eases , the of whole take the wife p world The lace be world , , of fervid become which call , her s amazed her friends affections and and strongdurand silence become impossible . jealous ;
, enance nothing tude the husband upholds but calls ingratitude the obj her ect unjust of where that . jeal He so , ousy throu much , heap gh gratitude his ing feelings fuel on is of the due justice . fire The , and t and of home can grati see is
for and broken who suffering up in ; their famil infiieted y own tie ? s homes are That severed or this the is ; homes and no overdrawn who of shall others tell picture have the amoun witnessed many will misery such vouch a .
trage , dy in , its progression , and , occasionally in its denouement , . as Yet an argument legislators in opposed support of to that marriage opposition with , the a deceased beneficial wife effect ' s sister of facilitating , advance matrimonial home ! It
the residence of a wife ' s sister in the never answers to place nature and law in antagonism ; no amount of legislating will prevent This a husband has been selecting d the again sister and of a again deceased bparties wife , to standing replace to a each wife other ' s loss in .
this relationship prove resorting to the continent where y such marriages can be legally contracted ; while the impossibility of rendering the of wife ' s sister set a aside safe
Legalise inmate is these based marriages upon natural , render laws it as inexpedient which no law , at least man while can human nature . remains what it isto have a wife ' s sister a perpetual resident in the family ,
as it is to have , other woman a home inmateand we shall hear less of dial ground domestic congratulations of tragedies ' incompatability any , which on the , of success having temper which no , ' or assi _' seems unsuitability gnable to , reason be crowning of , tastes are p . laced your ' With labors on cor the - ,
I amMadam , Yery , truly yours , x T . M .
68 Open Council.
68 OPEN COUNCIL .
Deab Madam, Nations I Have And Read Quit...
Deab Madam , I have read with much interest in your de article sire to on the the Society of learners _Arts Exami of
cates nations own . sex , It led and is as to quite desirable wish partici to improve for pate girls your themselve to continue s by their see a similar education young scheme as of for certifi boys our - , how best to lish thisBut
rather in and looking it that is as women at much the of means a problem education , the of conclusion should our day institute , which and offers superintend accomp itself to my the mind . giving is learners of their than who
are of educational already engaged certifi in cates this to d the uty to theirs . Obviousl own y sex it would excite a
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1858, page 68, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091858/page/68/
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