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Tfrmef 4 h « a < **« mm qW » aMl ^ the fourt , ^ ^ d nyj wtyi married a young man rather below her own statidn in ffWMfrX He kept a tftxt + taart r r r . , ¦ : -, * ,.. . i . ri air Betwixt these two prevalent errors , the balance is certainl y > of
i ffclllF b ^ t ^ bly-experienced judgment , in favour , ij | dii | rt | ijp ^ a $ t # a ^ uisscanoe of opinion , though I never caa believe ibtfr ^ m * a viqu \ d become attached to and marrj a vpain ? x ^ ugGgupgt her niind presented a reflex of his own . A man might b # ca * jufc att 9 pl ) £ d tQ a woman and marry her if she had a fine set of
teeth like his own , or a fine head of hair like his own , or fine eyes like his own , or a fine figure like his own , but not because she had a mind like his own . All my dear husbands were so different to me ! Men of large mental power dread the contention which would arise from asssociation with a mind of
equal power . You must conceal your strength * Men of small power of mind feel the want of support . Give it them , my dears ! Men of fair mental power , well off , are very apt to eo- ^ tertain an inclination to marry a person from a division of society below their own . They wish to attach a woman to them by the ties of gratitude for benefits and comforts received and
increased , as well as by the ties of love . We , that is , us ex « perienced women , know what folly that is . It n ^ ver answer * more than one time in a million—for the other 999 , 999 m ? e * think that the husbands have the best of the bargain , or else
that they ( the 999 , 999 wives ) quite merit every increase of fostune , comfort , and respect which they hare obtained by m ** v riage . At the end of a few years , when his wife has annbyedr him with her vulgarity and quarrelled with his friends , and supplied their places at his table with her own relations ; the
fond * generous man begins to suspect { . hjit it would have been better if he had married his equal in society—one able to 4 Mi |*» ply him with a decent grandpapa a r ^ d grand mamma , uiicfc * and aunts , cousins , friends and acquaintances , for his duldrbaJ My use of the expression " mental power" leads me to Bay
something to you about phrenology- This science is very useful to young women , but take care that you do not discovw your knowledge of it . Hush ! about the organs : never mention the word " development . " If a young man wiflfee * to make you aoauaint $ 4 with it , you have onl y lo listen , with dm attention , ana then he will most probably snow you his written ; character , drawn up by some phrenolo g ical ieeturen r { Ita 4 s 44 rem * o » beved , or copied , will be , should you pome tftg * tfaHfr * ib
gmmt ftftaistance to you . If your development 10 bflcr * be * # * p > d&sUu convinced fay tl \ e arguments of yo * r admire *) b ** ty t € you have a well + sh * p * d head , stand out etoatly afjptaftt | i | M » 4 a * d ke will enteag l * his finger * in your hair SeQbtyfvmmm gaut and giving reatona why you ought particularly t ^ b #
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1836, page 759, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2664/page/43/
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