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146 THE PREVENTIVE BRANCH OF THE
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result victim , s not ¦ but of of any conditions voluntary of and ignorance conscious , distress choice , of and evil temp in the tation poor , * _,
under , which they have almost inevitably succumbed . To relieve young simpl * g under irls from Godto these save them dangers from , to falling rectify . It these is not condition affirmed s , we is
can touch y , all cases , "where evil is deeper rooted , it is not pretended we can surround young women in our -wicked towns with wholly
healthful conditionsbutin as far as -we can achieve such conditions ; for the majorityI , repeat , we are iven the power of preserving
them from destruction , . Let us not g faithlessly doubt the trust of this solemn An excellent Hussian gentleman ( son of tlie
late president power of . the commission for the abolition of serfdom . ) made to me , a few months ago , this admirable remark , " I am
sometimes overwhelmed by the sight of the miseries caused by overcivilization in Englandand by under-eivilization in Hussia ; yet
must I always "believe that , God has not so constituted the social condition of His creaturesbut that there are laws which , when we *
this Philosop have wei discovered h ght of of Social sin them Science and , and , suffering . learned There . " to are This obey means them is the of , will obviating true remove Reli all gious the all
y them misery . around "We are us to , drain and God and has ventilate made our it our towns task and to find bring and good use
air and , and take food for , granted and water that , to cholera the lanes and t and yphus courts are , unavoidable and not sit down evils
which we ms _"^ pray against , but never strive to hinder ; and cure in our hospitals , but never prevent in our filthy streets here . And of the in
like manner to take we are the bound causes to p of urif moral y the disease moral atm and osp in liht poor and , mental food away and warmth of kindly sympathies , , to pour the utmost g ,
of our power , and not wait till the evil is done , and sin has fastened on its prey , and then begin to bestir ourselves to commit to our
criminals to reformatories , and our poor fallen women refuges add and one penitentiaries appeal—think . I what am sp it e is aking to save for a g woman irls especiall at first y ! ; to let keep me
her honored innocent place and as wife good and , able mother in due in the time great to take human her famil happy y ! and
than obvious Among themselves of the all is healthful the We protection all conditions admit , and this needful care unhesitating , and for advice young ly of g in irls women the , the case ol most der of
. irls of the classesand surround them _Derha P with even unreasonable gupper restrictions , in consequence , yet young x ladies have no
_such dare to perils address to encounter _^ them as in ( I any grieve case as to their say it humbler ) half the sisters men . in None our
hard clothes cru country elly hungry stri performing think pped they toilsome in have very her life a duties childhood ri no ght harsh . to They address from unfeeling are the a guarde poor others mistress g d irl . by in They an her from ignorance have working whom no
to _ewape , . Here , lies the point , of the evil . An immense majority of
146 The Preventive Branch Of The
146 THE PREVENTIVE BRANCH OF THE
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1861, page 146, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111861/page/2/
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