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Ufreslcti * memory ^ rjor hope . He doe » not come when oha vrnpeoU * H « i « bvn ;! fiBaiwl 9 fanciful heart , or some friend , sngg&AA jealous thoughts , — H
t " € C Low she mourned I am all alone , " "' ¦ ' Love forgotten , and lovt * forlorn . ' J ,, Itfthiere be some few women who have struck into a more d < efimtfepath , who have intellectual pursuits , pleasures , aikl ertfiob 4 - li » er hopes of their own ; who with all the capacity for the higher
ekfyojttoent of sympathy , can preserve their individuality * ttild laalte their own happiness as human beings , and as part like m in thbbooD of existence ; they know the difficulties and the pefils of tbteif btftrrse . Custom is awake , ready to poison all it can toouch ; moreover , few , Tery few are strong enough to shake off entirely tk ^ IHtlenesses now become a second nature in their sex . Th e * e
afre moments in which , under the painful pressure , they yield % 6 the importunate teachings of old prejudice , and then tWejy ^ Uik so fast and so low that sometimes they cannot recover , and if they do , a scar is engraved on their very souls . Perhaps scarcely one has ever set out into reality , without feeling , on being first assailed by these evils that , " the curse is come
upon her / ' or exclaiming in her despair , " I would the cold plunging foam , whirled by the wind , had rolled me deep below , when I left my home . " Yet if she possess strength , let her with steady dignity , persist in every study , and in every course which she feels to be the best application of the higher faculties and sympathies of her nature ; she will
arrive in safety at last in a haven where her soul may Test in security and peace . But , if she be weak let her go back , and carry with her the remembrance of the brighter sun that shines on the emancipated being *; the recollection will help her to remove some of the petty grievances of a young lady ' s life ; but there are storms in that new country which would swallow her up unless she have a body and soul of ' well-pois'd mastery /
It is not women alone who suffer from the erroneous customs of the world ; the crying evil is on their side , but it is necessarily and unavoidably shared by men . How common is the ( omplaint of disappointment ! Life glides away unenjoyed , unvalued ; the beautiful external world is seen , but not enjoyed ;
the happy seasons come and go unheeded ; the wonderful sfernoture of living nature excites no emotion . We pass on , we eat , and drink , and sleep , for to-morrow we die . We Bay in the morning '' would to God it were night ! and in the hj ^ ht fleuson , when will it be day ? " We cannot be satisfied lUcetbe animals around ua , for we have a consciousness of iho
pdwer to enjoy , without the power to grasp the enjoyment ; aadigeutmlly the higher our conception of beauty and of * http * pine * tha greater the dissatisfaction * The junalyjt turtu to tha
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43 & Devotion and > S * ty * &acrifict *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1836, page 432, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2659/page/40/
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