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254 HOSPITAL OF THE MATER MISERICORDIJE.
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XL VIII.—HOSPITAL OF THE MATEB, MISEBJCO...
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Ladies, P Douj3t:less many of your reade...
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middle ages , which sprout vigorously about the roots , with , here and there great clumps of forestor obstinate single oaks standing
stiffly up , which nobody quite , likes to cut down , though some people would prefer burning and blasting the whole up in no time _.,,
preparatory to the steam plough . These thoughts were in my mind on the 9 th of this month of Novemberwhen I saw that
excellent gentleman , Mr . _Civbitt , the successor of , Whittington , Lord Mayor of Londonsitting for three chilly hours in that remarkable
, old vehicle which looks as if it had wandered in a nightmare out of one of Hogarth ' s picturesor Canaletti ' s views of Londonpainted
when he paid our shores , a visit ere George the Third was , king , —Mr . _Ciibitt , I say , swaying about in the coach consecrated to the
9 th of _November , was preceded by a large number of equally chillyindividuals in armourmounted on horses in colored petticoatsandr
by a band which roared , defiantly " Britons never will be slaves , ! " ' and so moved at a foot ' s pace from Guildhall to "Westminster . ( In :
another carriage belonging to the procession I noticed that areasonable gentleman had betaken himself to the Timesas well he
might !) , Here , in this anomalous adherence to a custom of the middle
ages , was an example of the very touch of national character which causes it to be still an _^ unsettled point as to whether a lady is
qualified by her own breeding " , or by being married to a highborn lord .
There is no remedy but in casting the question wholly behind us . Let the workers create their own castetheir own social guild
and don _, their own strong armour of self-respect , ; and -whether they , are nominally admitted to the same rank or not , it is very certain
that ladies and gentlewomen will treat them with no disdain . There is no good in fighting with intangible shadows of feeling and
opinion , which are probably exactly similar in the case of no two individuals . My last words are forget it ; train up yourself and your
daughters to higher ideals ; and it is ten to one that having done so , having nurtured your children's imagination on the only Example of
Life which truly teaches gentle breeding , you will find that even in this mortal existence , and in this vigorous , many-sided , illogical England ,
the chances of their career will secure them that worldly position which it is as ungraceful as it is generally fruitless to struggle to
attain .
254 Hospital Of The Mater Misericordije.
254 HOSPITAL OF THE MATER MISERICORDIJE .
Xl Viii.—Hospital Of The Mateb, Misebjco...
XL VIII . —HOSPITAL OF THE MATEB , MISEBJCOKDLZE .
Ladies, P Douj3t:Less Many Of Your Reade...
Ladies , P Douj 3 t : less many of your readers who attended the Social Science ' in Dublin last noticinat at dis
meetings _Atigust , remember g no _gre—
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1861, page 254, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121861/page/38/
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