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venfptqnently , to that of the churchyard . Inconstancy ifc a man is regarded with rather a jocular eye ; in a woman tt fc * JteindUs crime . In either case her heart may be broken ; if through the former , the world merely says , " poor thing !"—if through the persecution attending the latter , the worlds jury brings it in " serv'd her right . " This is our present state of civilization !
A woman was bom to be married , educated to be married , she lives to be married , acts , pretends to enjoy , walks , talks , thinks , studies , all in the most likely way to further what is considered to be the object of her coming into the world , which was , not really to love or be loved , Dut to be married . Over this event , so highly important to them ,
women have no control whatever , except through the underhand tricks and cunning manoeuvres so justly laid to their charge , and so cruelly injurious to their moral character , by the production of envy , hatred , and malice , and all uncbaritablenesa . They have only the privilege of refusal , and not even
that if relations are in the case , as they generally are . " If a gLrl be so silly , or so very immodest , " ( as a relation once said in our hearing to a poor girl ) as to have a preference for one man above another , she must of course sacrifice that preference if another establishment come in the way , for it is more than probable the man she loves would never rouse himself to think
seriously of marrying till too late , when he will be sure to let her know his feeling and the bitterness of his disappointment . And why do women wish so much to be married ? Why do they make that pursuit over which they liave no direct control , their sole interest ? Because it is the custom ; because it is instilled into them by every surrounding circumstance from their birth , that such is their allotted part in life ; and because
there is often a desire to gain an object only for the pleasure of the conquest . If they are in a rank of society which entitles them to style themselves ladies , they can follow no other trade or profession , without losing caste ; and if they never marry , they incur the disgrace of having failed in the only important
object they have ever pursued , while the dread of ridicule prevents their expressing their chagrin and disappointment , and they must smilingly submit to their fate , and be pitied and despieea , in short be old maids ; which , let it be remembered ,
is no joke , even though they have property of their own , fur it is a very dreary life , with a hired companion , or spiteful lap-dog , or baskets full of kittens , snuff-box , crihbage , tea , and aftectionate relations , all wishing them dead , either to free themselves , from their tedious company , or to g € t their money . If they have no money , they must be dependent K > r U » on brothers or couaina , or married nieces , and what ttatfiM , many knew too wall , There ia another cause why irtr auu
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1836, page 429, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2659/page/37/
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