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We perceive, upon a glance at this broad subject, that a book would be
better fitted to its treatment than a chapter, and yet a chapter alone
will aid in attuning the mind to the nobility of our destiny. A single
thought entering the mind at the right time will turn the current of a
life. Let us elevate and strengthen our present into the nobler
foundation of a happier future on earth and a blissful eternity in
heaven. We are endowed with shame. Let it keep us from meriting the
stinging epigram: "God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man."
WOMAN.
She was a phantom of delight
When first she gleamed upon my sight.
And now I see, with eye serene,
The very pulse of the machine;
A being breathing thoughtful breath,
A traveler betwixt life and death;
The reason firm, the temperate will,
Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill;
A perfect woman, nobly planned,
To warm, to comfort, and command
And yet a spirit still, and bright,
With something of an angel light.--Wordsworth.
"Man is the image and glory of God, but the woman is the
glory of the man," says the great Book.
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