. American etiquette and rules of politeness. HERE is no admiration greater thanthat which is accorded a true wo-|t man. How scarce such specimensJ of creation are in our land! Too*g, seldom do we see a woman witha high, noble, Christian number of true women is com-paratively few. To be a woman in thetruest and highest sense of the word,as a writer has said, is to be the bestthing beneath the skies. To be awoman is something more than merelyto live eighteen or twenty years ; some-thing more than merely to grow to thephysical stature of women ; somethingmore than to wear flounces,
. American etiquette and rules of politeness. HERE is no admiration greater thanthat which is accorded a true wo-|t man. How scarce such specimensJ of creation are in our land! Too*g, seldom do we see a woman witha high, noble, Christian number of true women is com-paratively few. To be a woman in thetruest and highest sense of the word,as a writer has said, is to be the bestthing beneath the skies. To be awoman is something more than merelyto live eighteen or twenty years ; some-thing more than merely to grow to thephysical stature of women ; somethingmore than to wear flounces, exhibit drygoods, sport jewelry ; something moreJ I than to be a belle. All these qualificationsdo but little toward making a true true woman exists independent of outwardadornments. It is not wealth, or beauty of person,or station, or power of mind, or literary attainments,or variety and riches of outward accomplishments,that make the woman. These often adorn woman- (175). 176) HIGHER CULTURE OF WOMEN. 177 hood, but they should never be mistaken for the thingthey adorn. This is the great error of take the shadow for the substance—the glitterfor the gold—the heraldry and trappings of the worldfor the priceless essence of womanly worth whichexists within the mind. Woman has been regarded almost by the wholeworld as a mere ornament. Hence woman is too oftena vile, idle, useless thing. No one can look at womanspresent estate without feeling that she has many longsteps yet to take before she will attain to her true posi-tion, her full womanhood. Men hold that wisdom isfor them. They alone may draw from the deep wellsof knowledge. Why do they think this % It is forthe want of an enlightened view on the part of bothsexes. Men as well as women have failed to compre-hend the true idea of womanhood. Both have beensatisfied with too little in women. They have bornewith the narrowness of womans culture, and the aim-lessness of her life, believ
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