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94 woman's work in the world's clothing.
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(Continued.) - Ii. The Spinning Wheel.
fe lin direc m g ale th t b population enefi grea t te f st scholars in Gu those ttenberg in t days heir _' s inven were ttainmen tion derivin . ts , The g the but mass offspring very of little the of
the rint p ress were es been certainl len y tiful as ye as t forest not very leaves numerous in summer , but had
p could leisure pag have been p found for their perusal ? Even , the book of nature must have been scanned with vesuperficial
g transient lances ; for moment thoug ' s h admira bird , t ion bu there tterfly could , or flower have been ry migh no t win a spare
ha inves lf hours tigating to t devo he na te ture to s of tud the y , ing other the , habits while of the t relen one t , less or that not
impera dowry wheel t t demanded o ivel the y c maiden alled every for by fragmen of other the du chief t ties of ; provis the for as day ion the source her was fam of her ily
to the wheel matron of for , mus tune t , while t the sp t she inster knew have tha looked t her sole on chance it as a ye
hum of very drawing 5 ' a prize from , it lay in maintaining its " ceaseless
much And . wha woman t was ' s life the ? nat M ure ost monotonous f an occupation mos consuming t unmeaning sa
calling offering forth no varie no one ty , a mental ffording faculty no room fineness for , taste of or touch ingenuity mere , , ;
; , tion muscular required organization , that the , productions being so decidedl of the feeble y the -minded chief qualifica Hindoo - The
ha degree ve ever of ra surpassed pidity which the handiwork might be of acq the uired European was the . only
mi difference ht in perce a thread ptible among as well as it workers could , be for the un the t obt most use gsp sp ;
int t tha igen t t t could the dul do ler no brain more , belonged and it was the at fi least s as whic likel h y a _&
wroug of no all this ht the toil most met , when the , at the the end same of the ever day nger t t he sam grand eat res the ult
e xcellence of each of day workmanshi , no symme eye p , t t ; of sole form rew , no ar , d beau of patient ty of colour industry , , no
a mere And while dull m so ass mindless of yarn ! an employment was the chief occupation of femalescan it be wondered at that it was so
fit frequentl for ? y Sil assumed kworms , , were by the formed other to sex to be silk all women that they to were in sp
flax science ; and could it would discover perha ( as ps some as soon time h sp since ave been it was , thou reported ght that that if
withou it had t discovered the intervention , ) a , mean , of s the of preparing caterpillar , the that form those er filament insects
pursuit would , hav as e that forthwith woman betaken , released themselves from he ies , r mere to to loftier some mech hi anic gher al
labour Of the , w essentiality ould be abl of e t this o devo emp te loyment her energ to the very idea things of .
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94 Woman's Work In The World's Clothing.
94 woman ' s work in the world ' s clothing .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1863, page 94, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101863/page/22/
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