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knowledge bs pefmftte * tfr feB tipon tht humbter class of women , mtifch ft td be tt ^ d ! / ,. Wh&teteir ttlky be * irfc&gJtied by those who object tb ttek ^ en ^ of ' hair-strokes in my writing ( and I will just Obsetv ^ phi partnthetf * , that ' h&ir-strokeV Tike hints , have , from th ^ if
ambiguity , done much mischief—insinuation and subterfuge ftfrfh no part of the ^> lan of a . l over of truth , ) I have no desife tottlthdratv woman from the sphere of domestic life . I desire but to add to hei * domestic influence , the highest influence of all .,- —that interest in the general affairs of the World which is essential to p reserve her from being : the dupe &nd disseminator of narrow and exclusive prejudices—which will induce her to be the agent and ertcotifager of generous and universal objects . To aid in effecting this fa
man s highest interest . It is utterly impossible in the course of human eteflts that she can be for one moment neutral—she must either advance or retard the progress of society ; to do thd former she must be animated in the cause , and informed upon the itttetests bt the huitian race . She may not at all times go into the field , but she may assist to buckle bn the attnour of those who do , and sustain and inspire
the high heart that beats beneath it . Besides we are now strikifig the tents of the battle-field , and gathering spirits for council instead of conflict . In the moral arena , the inquiry must be , not who brings power , but what kind and degree of power do they bring . The annals of history show that in allereat emergencies women hare hever been appealed to in vain . They had not the brutality which invented war , but they have ever had the heroism which
nobly sustains its worst evils ; and have given ample testimony that physical and moral courage , like every other good atid great quality , is of no sex . The common cant , that woman only shows power under circumstances of great trial , rests with those who do not perceive that it has been at those times only that she has been permitted the free exercise of her powers . It might as well be said that birds only fly when their wings are not cut , or ttheft
they are not caged . irt nine hundred and ninety-nine cases out of every thousand female talent is lying dead or dormant under the paralysing ih fluence of presumed inefficiency—under unqualified , not incapable feuiultiea— -under restrictive suspicions , ungenerous usages and ! n attentions—under imperfect and pernicious education .
There is a very general paradoxical opinion , that womai ) loves to galh power over man , and to feel her dependence on him . Hotr are the £ 6 two feelings compatible ? That has never been inquired . Man , as ig norant of her nature as his own , indulged his Idle faney 6 to the subject of the female character , and theh , ttpon the t * o 4 rtutea-n principle , endeavoured to make it according to hi * fcjrbbkfct c < taeer * l&V As tt h unfortunately more en * y to
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 1, 1835, page 495, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2647/page/59/
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