GEORGE ELIOT ARCHIVE

Margaret Fuller and Mary Wollstonecraft

Author(s): George Eliot

Original Source: Eliot, George, 1819-1880. Leader, vol. VI, 13 October 1855, pp. 988-989.

Collection: Nonfiction by George Eliot

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SATURDAY, : OCTOBER 13, 185~...;.~·r. . ,.,,

NOTIOE TO ·SUBSCRIBERS: be made to turn their ftank sirmtltaneo~ly with J.>nlaiic~d ·_w~~h _
tlie \t~reo '¥,~1'.BhiJs ·i..E
, gla~ J>y
Subscriber, tclaoM"I! not yet paid the amount due.fr<>m tbrea~ne~ oper~tfo~ · in the -rear. · .•. · .. :: ~ . ·baa made, .·we need no~-be dfl.
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them are requuted to remit their 8ub1criptionaimmedi- . .It 1s sa.t1sfactoryto see that the Br1t1sh armS, 111result. Some of the mmoroffloers; -~ iwiWh11ve
ately to the · Pu/Jliiiurr,at the Office, No • . 154, Strand, in an excellent state of heal.th. The ~te~t r~t~r~s reward1S_; number.~. li.~W, be.!n -1?.9nti~~?l.;;~~:1~r'!8
1![01teyOrder, ~ be drawn upon the Strand Branch of Dr. HALL show ·a eons1derable d1m1nut1onm proport~o~1 of th~ui li!h~-· ~~n ~h~~MM
Office,and be made payahle to l\ir. ALFRED E. GALLO- the numbei: of ~ospital cases. , It is also tintis- ··4igh· conrtJxions,·or c'an_win ·tbeir fw~f(J ,~~fb~ .
WAY. Sub,criber, failing to pa!J their m-rear, of Bub- facto1y to find that not· only tJ/~ .-F4:en~,4.'iri j~e Sorlie1.sooadges ~o'f CJJ.'~avc:~-~n·~ ~~ .~tfod
acription will, on ths 27TH OF THE P~E~ ; ?rlo~u, valley of Baidar, but the · Sardinians and .the they will of co~~c }fosent ouf \ o'ihl,1.-26~cere
receive their copie, oj'-'de "LBA.DEB"in a BLUE en~lope,
English on other points of tho ,position, ai.:e l>Uiily who have bee1_1 ,mention_~d; , ~t ·u .-·truft ~;~f1l,ua
a, an annotMICfmeni'1&atthe delivery of the Paper will
ceasefrom t/ztd, lime. engaged in ~aking roads and- prepating for tb~ Ji,~ ~088 . not .~_omptii# A1nne :~ lJ1ilfo~1~
contingency .9f ~nothe'r .winter in t·he Crimea. ki_lled a~awo~de'd, _but rewards -m~ hlop. Tslim'~-
Little can be said respecting the ,vat in Asia. where; and if a inan has not merit en6uJtll!to 'get .
The arrival of OMAR P .ACHA, with 15,000 or 20,000 upon the staff, or connexion enougli; ~e'.-~i.fst '.~
~ .tntsnf tpt'l¼Jetlt men, at Batoum, with a view of relieving Kars, is his betters carry off . the C. B. _whi(?h '- ~e1 ;1has
con6nned; but the state of Kara is gi·owing des- earned. ·-·1 : 0 'J
France has advertised to all- whom·· if : nuiy
T HE new fact in the_ war-news ·.is the appearance
of the Allied fleet before Odessa-not the
bombardment of thnt famous port as we had been
pernte; provisions are scarce wit.h~9 the town,
and the incessant activity of General MouaA.VIBFF conc~rn that she-that is tqe EM~E~<>~~do~'s
on alllsides prevents _th~ardval of ' s~pplie_s. 1;Jie intend _to_enter irito partn _e1?5hip "witli _ftf~lit~~
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led to expect. It was on the 8th instant th_nt
they anchored off tqe town, but up to this tjme
we have no news of their progress. This is not.,
perhaps, difficult to account for. It was by way
of St. Petersburg that we received the first inti-
mation of the movement of the fleet. The tern-
graph which connects the Crimea with continental
Europe is at son1.e· ·di19tancefrom the scene of
action. A ship must be sent with the news, either
to Knmiesch or Varna ;" but it is not probable
tlu,t the Admiral will s~nd a ship to reporL pro-
gress until some progress be made. No doubt
the Russians would inform us in due time should
any disaster befal them, but we cannot expect
them to be in any hurry a.bout it. Should tqey
beat otr the fleet, or should the fleet sail away,
re frifecta, no doubt- the Russians would hasten,
with all possible sp'eed, to inform us of the fact.
Excepting this movement on Odessa, we have
nothing positively new to record respecting the
war. But this naval expedition mny be vie,vea
as a diversion in aid of the military operations in
the Crimea. These operations, so for as they are
obvious, are, the strengthening of the garrison of
Kertch ; a strong movement from Baidar, the
right of the Allies, directed apparently ngainst
the Russian left; the bombardment of the north
side from the south side ; and the occup:ition of
Eupatoria in force-the first fruits of which were
the defeat of the Russian cavalry, and the cap-
ture of six guns and some scores of prisoners, by
the French dragoons under D'.ALT,ONVJLLE,
and a ~e~ movement on the Perekop road.
From tlus it would appear that no attempt is to be
made on the Russian front, but that an effort is to
question, therefore, 1s whether 01'1~ PACHA can revolut1omsts, but that he u contemplatmg ·the
arrive in time to be of any use; whether the gar ~ establisµ91cpt; ef -1his_l~mrlr,j ~o~ ~,-~; - ~~y
.rison ea_n hold out until the winter; or~ sho~!d ·.djij~sties wp.ose ru_1~it is no,t _. ~_'_11~t~~rt\~ %f8, c~
they do so, whether even then the Russians w1H other. A fo1·.lDal:·sw.te~ent 1µ t1'tV\!f VPJtiic :r-_'m-
abandon the chance of 1·educing the place by nounccd that the Govern~ent. · does· no'tf aanction.
foJDine. On _the ,ul>j~cts, t,h_e;~~~-' ~e,to~ ~~ht ·th_e circulation _of 'J- :a· certatllf- ,etter_1~ ~g
for any one to form a J.UStop1mon. the lette1·'of Pn11ce Luc1Bl'f )111aAT _t_f,or r ti.,! ·the
After the battle, the bonour11; but the 1·emark- EM:J.>EBoa's condtJct has ahvay1 been .,,i loyal"
able fl1ct in the open-handed distribution of towards ' the governments of foreign 'state; ~.,.· ~mil~
honours that has taken place is, that the victory indeed hns had some quarrels to pick wi-tli,Naples,
aiul the 1·eward do not always coincide: Grand but they are · such as monarch p~&k :,-.
wit~ mat
Crosses of the Legio_n of llo\1our naturally fall on monarch, regulated by the 1·ules'of j>u~li~, law,
PELISSIER, and may_,by com1,limcnt, go to S1MP~ heralds, courts-martial, and diplomacy, -and, nbt
SON; for Frnnce is not his country, and to the at all by such Ja,v as public opinion · or the
~MPRaoa, in somo 4egi·~e, he i-eprese~t~ ,Engl~ud. jud~ment of common people.· . ' · · · ·:i~-;· l' i ·fi·(f. ,
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!ho Grand Cross of the Bath goes to PELISSIER, ICrng BoMDAmay be the most oppressive -tyrant
for J1e first gained a "ictory for England as well in the world ; he may shake upon lii!Sthrdne from
as France, but why to SIMPSON P He assisted, it tlie indignation of his people 1 he p,!~11- born- m,y.
is true; he sat and looked on ;"he did his duty, ing the lazzaroni of the Bny. of N aples.:.._playingat
and there is nothing nt present to show that he once the tyrant and demagogue; but .alJ· t_ij (j is
neglected anything which he ought ··tQ have, per- nothing to N APOLEON 1 whose· b~siness it halt not
formed. The movement allotted to him, in fact, been in Italy, any more than in France; to identify
did not succeed, but he may have an excuse for himself with any popular or republicun institutions.
that. We await it; yet we are astounded when On the contrary, if Naples will 'apologise and not
we hear that he is elevated along with the highest meddle with his gunpowder or sulphur, or official
and most successful. No, not the highest, he is representatives, NAPOLEONwill not meddle.with
not made a Marshal; bu~ as France makes one FERDIN.\ND;will not patronize l\foaAT, who is
Marshal for the l\falakhoff, so .England makes rather a soft sort of patriot after all; and wi~h t?e
three for the Redau ; only, as routine will not patriot he certainly wilJ not enter into partnersbi -p
permit dashing Colonel WINDHAM to have the at Naples any more than at Rome._ Su~h ~cema
baton over Su1PsoN's head, the rewards foi- the to be the effect of the formal advertisement m the
victory which was not one at the Re<lan nrnst be Moniteur.
given to somebody else, and so they go to CoM- The same auth_entic gaz~tte ,also
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BERMERE, STRAFFORD, and HARDINGE; and as world that the Empress EUGENIE e
the one Marshal which France l1as made is well . months hence, to give birth to a youn
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make lawa-t.hey interpret and t.ry to enforce them.-Ba111hrih ~evie10. . the a~unding wilderneH, My aigµal waa perceived, and the vessel soon tacked oat
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ac~lll)lotso iJq~ c\ :fit~ture '--ii °tidt of ' the ·question •;-·we sbal},·therefore; · I ~keel my P~,.roll~ .myself up iD my .1'~e*' and '}PY -.dow~~ :1 ha~ reckone~
c]olabout 'b -~1,Je<$ ~.·~bj~~ -~e~~ing an41~cle here~ a 'pa'.ssage
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cre' f'i,~ot ''lttte'iition:'1i6~iwed ' on·sc:ience· In the Briti,A·,Quarterly,Nzw-rt>if Ten minutes more and _I'f!'U10 the midst of the _moet mfernal concert that ever fell
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furn~lie., a ,~
0 ~~~-, :~-~ m ~he _U>ndonQ!4~rtet~y ~CoP.BDICUB,' t e story · _piedevery tree ·in iny..vicinity, and probably for a ·hundred milea around me.nwnbers
of;;~.b91tt ,Jife.J t wJ.- .:~~~ to _..~hat .. won4t:qu~ pl}rsona~e the G~nertl ·o_fencirm~ust?~da _orvarious specien,ere cra1!ling everywhere; geckos.(a species·of
Reiaer .(wlio ja . -pop,\lluly supposed · .to delight iQ all ' the ' bat\ ·boolcs and lizard) ghded !nvuibly over my -face and ~Y; 1nnu~erable s~arma of ,cnckete, grus..
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s~ . ow .fuu~;l!y ;lrrttten .for 18 · especi~ 1:· ene , an '! ,Q. mus. ~ye seemed striving to outdo the others in the production ot unearthly aounde. It ·wu one
-veq ' ~ ( ijr~iiati'on · if thut ··•1ippos_1t1on·be 'true) ·; !Jndeed, it _JS..for immenseaccumulation or singular and inharmonious noises--of ·croakings, pipinga,bel-
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~irily'~ritt~, :to' iiupp,rhis leisure _with the fruits lowings, stri~~ations, 5!1W-Sh~rpen!ngs,
eve~ f6nd
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chirpings, s?ueakings, cb~tterin'8· Im~10
of duf 'o'rtab.le erudition y~urself a ~illion ofvo1~ r.tsed sunul~eously, ,nth every _vanety O~ln~nation ~nd
,.-..nl ~ ,, !ff' ;, ~ J · '.I, · ~· · - . ,, ·, • i ·. • J ·· ,.. ··· .. ,. · • J)_ ,•.• '., · ,· · · . wJtb. unceasing penM1vera~e,and you still have .but a ,r~k 1deaof _the wscord which
than .,0£J11ciin.ce. 1h .,-,ec1ally. .d~\~ghJ.9 1n . ~~- ~troi,p~~1v~ ._g 1.~n<!8:9at that night drove.sleep fro~ .~y ,couoh, .1rom time to .time . the shriµ cry ot ~me
tlie ·put ,:which ;teJIJ1im•~thing, tnot itoo..JllUCb. and . not Joo el~ra¥llY~ _of night-bird sta~ed ~~ ~,.it sile~tly ~~vei:ed._over me, an~ s~veral ti~es I distinctly
th~ men of old. Reviewers are the bees gathering honey from the he~ther hearcl the roar of &Jaguar, roatning along the beach in search·of't'be large tlirtles which
_~ ,.,t00uirii~.·.,,n::~ ·, tell bhti for . exam I', the w-hole atory ··of at !his s~on 'come to· epaw~
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~lfl)', ;1J~'8!.f1,h~ ,t,mu)te .GGi• i1· ~ (oP4 ,9,f_ppJ01on~ ready-~ade) of a aayageaatiefactioll were unmedlately replaced ~y new mynad~. At laat the _l~n~
cmltiutic,n:of that,m\leJM),Pa~cf.e~ ,· oet • and which . ~rbapi in WlSbed:-
\.....;......,1..a,._,.a _for dawn appeared; and the SU? rose rapully ~bove-the horizon~ '!'he hc,wlmg
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11rge h11~:to ·..take ·dowm,the,Faecy Quee,.e,:and 80 d!) the eolltary woods~and crowned the wonckrful vocalperfonnancea of this memorable
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In !he way of r~trospe~t1ve re·news! we ~ave more than ~nee direet~d
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lie, kl the 1uplc r fao,t;thl,lt1he, is tediq.W,JP, r ·~~J'e will alwQ.ys .be a .cl~ss .of University Magazine. The present number contams a -very mterestmg
pureJy;poetica1i~enfwho i,wilL delight ,in ..SPJUiSEB, ·~heand ,ai.,,.,ys ·"~st sketch ofM.A'.ttJil1'it, *hose ; Melnioth made us shudder in our" sallet days,"
pub!Jt? -which1 dedlin& ·rhis JacquaiYWtance~i, 1We-t·emem'ber·MoNCK.TON nn4 ' Mu~ES .whose ..Ber(ra ,n{ gave him a moDientary fame: The writer notices or
ofi~ !J1~m~ ~ -'~ -~ itli~_'.''l':1~ti~ii 1,
·~~ --~~ him ·whetlier he_ ·really .him:...:.'. . ,
atlmired SPDBD, witli + ~.' ~ _that a'publfc' or :~ private qtl'~stionl'" ' Publicly, ~e ":88ecceniric In=·bia ,,habita, :almost · to insanity, an_d ,compoundedof opp0sites;
all poets are bound t6'·aclmire Jub:i"· ~'privat~Iy /..tliey' 'leave .his volumes to the ~n··maatiable ~ader •of novel• ;; an elegant ,preacher; an·in~easant~r, ,,~ pro-
• • ' '. ., ··, ·' · ·· ., JJtDe.ity-he earned to socb an ·e.xtent,. th~ he dafkened h1a drawmg-,room windows,
U~~~ !'be~~~~ rqf .~~t~ ,1,~e1:5.:..1r; ,,,_ ..: ;, r•• ,.. , ~.·· ,.c,; ;: andlndlilg~ -clu~ fllae,da,ywne, ,a;.co~comb,.,:~ --chesa and' manner; an extensive.·
; ,S......,_....'iJ Jl"MOl!J ..P.M, · alffl; Jn~~~ J.~OAA Sh,a.b,~~ 1 1<l9~t11,·!lre, reader; vain of his person and reputation ;·· well ,vened iii~; - .and ,withal, a
lea '.1~ t)ail •:tJieft! ~dmirel!1, ~tiend.f ,,.acknpwledp, ..,,.Jl.q.i. tt;ut?W~foq, ,_warm ,,~ · .kind-~rted ..Jn&JJ,... A,monp.t Q~~r pecuJ,i"1tjes, lip ~·•. ~c~to'!l~ :to
rooildt1 y~ ·lifl(It1l~ fllutf~Je)cJW·th•t 1eaftieft in'Ffrue~1will<give·.many .tbe P!'9te a w~er -~s:i.~ ,.,fof~h'l~, .,rhener~r he f?li t be,,~t,-9 .ot C~.PP81t1'!n~~mmg on
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-d~ ~ .,~ 1 ~ 1 ~f, ? ~ ! ea~, _tlies~. poems. By tne way, when BoaJ::aT B~LL were. not to _mt.e~upt _)118idea, by quest.ions or conve~ation. . · ·
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AND MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT~·
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5 li".~\fnof tJienregard~'asliteraiure· in th, sense we now regard , WOtn<f~in t~. ~,neteent~ .Century,~n':1
tliilt plily KanclredPaper, r_elalmgto t1ie_Sp~ere, Condawn,
.b . f ,;.•., T 112'' ~ i .. ' .' r. m.u;b
tii· ,,_. ) cl i ,; as 'the '·Ja of our da are 8 . . and Dutau of _Wo~n.- . ~y ?tfar~~rtt Fuller ~ssol1. Trllbner and _~o.
;~~ .,. .9 .~~ ~· · ¥,AA,~~ --,p~c~, ..v~ _,Y,.,·. : . ,·. PJ . . Y. • Tu~,4earth o,fn~w ;~ooksJ~st now g1_v.es .:ns time to re,cur t9 lessr~cen _to~es
repruea~J~!U:?. _-B~x -J~~aox .was ~a~hed _at _,~y '.the 'Witjs,for .,callmg h~s whu;h \\'.eh~':~ h1th'1rto n~tlp~d _but slightly; , "and among · (\u~se - ~~ ~h.(?Q~e
:':.!~rb
~Jt~ -~ _·;·~nt~b,~_:w•Hll,~it ~s the _:~?n w~r Ve1tu.tand Adoms the late _ et1itio_n o~ Margaret . Fuller's Woman. ~~' the Ni,ieteenth Ce_nt,ti~.,
w~~t, tht~iJ_gK'~~ _'~cllpf>11'!!, .~¥Ue~he'mo's_t'l>opul~r ·of . ~lie ·plays; R0?1Jeo_ · and be~ause we. thmk it h~s; be~ unduJy ,thruiit mio the, , b~c~ground by,}ess
.f;_uliel-, 1'as P!• -~te4. .Rn.1n,w1ce. ·. . . . .. . -· ... :·:, · ·,' · ·. · ·, ' · ·· · .·· cQi~P.fehe~s1~': an<.l. co.nd\d propuct1ons _on .the ~ame~.-~ubJ.~Ct; .~otwith- .
~ Re~Ur,aoY~ rand : v.ery )pt~restiJi,g, jg- the ;facf .(1£'fact ·it QC).w.~ich BJ;LL . ~tan<l111g cert~m def ep~! of .tas~e an _d .ii S<?rt0~ ~·g~e SJ?ir1t~a!1pm _and 'V-and-.
b'u ·aavan~ -~~eet\ng :SuAK&P-E=Anwriung -for the .stage long aft.~r be had !loquenc~ wq1ch be!on.,, to alll;JUt t~e very best A,:u,er1ean wry.t_ers?. the book
·"i;i <,·,·: .· '·n ··
- i. • .. ·, y' ..:: .1d . :'•· . ---..:··· '· . •l'fl "I..T . . h 1s.l\y~l~ab!e .on~ .3:,1t _hl;\11theenthusinsm .ofanobleal)dsympathet1c nature,
4i?: 1ft~d_;'A;' ~~~JJ,,,~l!~,.~et !'!- .~wn: 1~!b 1L c_ou:~ti;y 1,8 • .. '!"',ove 1, n180 .18,t ~ w1~~ t}ie mude:,;~t.\o:qitnd br~adth ~rid large ·nuowan ·ce o( ~ vigorous and
mtiJOG:~t'-1l~ ..~..!,~ Qra~Q,~~ Jrr~er re,_pectmg the reya~al _of learnmg _,- cultiv11ited, unde~tanding . . ,There is no e~rigg~ration _of woman's iJlc:>ral
which we quote.. :- >·:, ,...,-·,'· ,-., .· · ., . , exceUenceorJr,itel,le~tu•l:capa~ilitjes; no injudi~ious ins1sta~ce .on her fitness'
. itl'he 'nvivM ofi.cLuatcaHqrnibgt. tb• t i~~,itli ,~ntwy ia 8!'1ei:ally ~~ken of;as for . this or tha~ function pi'thert :? e!1uross.e~ ~_y ,_ _ li~t.f calm p~~
.fuel;l; ·!"f?rthe
U ·.dteJ_,...,._ _~ beentill~ ~w~ ., :;'.l;l>,e
,fP-:,at!revol\ltion of opin10~ '!h1ch re .mova\ of u,u~st, l~wit a,;id :art1fic1i:l re!tr1ct~ons, s_o th,at the poss1b1ht1es of
'!'¥1i, ·~l~ ~ l,:ol'(l9m · W:
·~ -~nl,: 1•.at~~~~l.9 .to· the . new. light w~icJi the h~r nature mny have room for full development; a··wisely stated demand to
li$e.---~ ,9f;~~$ ~ ,~4 ,'~pJ?e,J:h~ .PP9,'1 ,yi~ JVQrld •. 1 ~~er ,wa·s there a more disencumber .h~r o,( ~4~ ,
flagrant U,111Dple of ihe"Eonfoundingot cause and etl'ect. 1'1iedar1c.ness,or.whatever ·· Parasitic tonns'
it may be called, of the middle &g!S . was_a_thm.g deliberately chosen in preference·to That ·,geemto keep her upj'bU:tdrag her down--
the light of the clauics. Clemens Atexandrinus, and Gregory Nazianzen, knew · A'tld'leave her field,to burgeon ·and to ~loom
Plato tnu~li better than Picus ~~ --L~ it4~-~~~, or Erasmus; but they pre- -Fi:om all within her, make herself her own ,
f'.~ ..~~ - ~brose and ~Jtg~ _tine_}~·er~:faQJil .~~.r .wi~ V;frg_iJ,.HorJce, and even % ·give or keep, to live and leam ancl'be ,;
~~rti.jui) J1-Jt ..~e1. ,~~~~gh,t D~vid and I~h on the whole ~ter ~oets. Later! and All that not harms distinctive womanhood. ,
l_n_tI>eY~ ~~ of medueyal 4~\ness; Thotnas Aquinas ·was·perfect~y~equainte.i It is interesting to .compare this essay ·of Margaret l!"uller's published in
~1tb the c;Jjlulciil·.-o\h'ors,.and might have written as -,learned commentanes on the , •
~~ whic'h COiia~tuted their inspiration, u Scaligeror ·Brubck; ·but he · thought he its ear 1test form in -1843, with &"work on the position of woman, written be-
. ~- doingbe&W''IW-the·tntere1u,of mankind bj commenting on the Bible. It -was tween sixty and seventy years ago-,;.we ·meon · Mary Wollstonecraft's Righu
»ot, :ihen, tbat.·t'he,long...neg,lectedclauic, were, iD ,the 1ixteenth century, suddenly of Woman. The latter work was not contiiiued bevond ·the first volume;
4;_iscovered ·in the ,ncenes ot some library, and tb41t,; ~henJaid open, they dufqeed a but so far as this car1·ies the !subject, : the comparison: at least in relation to
~d .of light ,ov~ be~bted Europe. -The true statemeqt ot the case.is this: the strong ·sense and loftiuess of moral tone, is not at all disadvantageous to the
minds qfc;~~Qg ~en had, thep -b,ecoJJleaasimilated to the classical DJodesof thought, woman of the last century. There is in some _quarters a vague prejudice
a,nd ,vere-.ther~ore j>~~~d to appreciate the pla$sJc:s.Petr~rcb, Dante, and Boccaccio against the Rights of Woman as in some way or other a reprehensible book,
~ l.~&JJ· ,;..aR,~ ,u;iEngland, Ch~ucer, Gower,'and Lydgate, had, upwards of a century but renders who go to it with this impression will be surprised to find it
J>.,(orethe ~~r .afo( .ll!11ming,as it is calle4,. adopted as much of the classical feeling eminently serious, severely moi·al, and withal rather heavy-the true reason,
•~ ,fouiul,,~eptaJi~ in th eu: age. · · · perha p s, that no edition has been publisheu since 1796, and that it i@now
·· Whil~ •~ )re . dr~wing -on Fraser ·for extract, we must not pass over the rath~1· scarce. There are several pomts of resemblance, as well as of str.iking
st,iking · ~cription of a night in the forest given in the " Excursion to Point difference, between the t,vo books. A strong understanding is present in
Manabique." The writer, overtaken by a storm, creeps into a hut. How both ; but Murgaret Fuller's mind was like some regions of her own Ameri~an
f~n~ is the mysterioua terror of the follo,ving :- continent, whe1·e you are constantly stepping from t.he sunny "clearings"
. The thunder, :however, gradually ceased, but)he rain fell heavily for some time into the mysterious twilight of the tangled forest---she often passes in one
longer. Tia-en,fot'.__.,sbortwhile, nothing was heard but the dripping of water from the breath from forcible reasoning to dreilmy vague·ness; moreover, her un-
leaves ot the fore.t-treu; and the hoarse voice of the billows. One by one, the stars usually varied culture gives her g~eat command of illustration. Mary
peeped out from behind tile receding curtain which had veiled them. I also ventured W ollstonecraft, ou the other hand, J3 nothing if not rational ; she has no
out of my ~ •cl Jay.myeelf on the sandy beach to eat my supper, for I dared erudition, and her grave pages are lit up by no ray of fancy. In both writers
not aleep, through fear of being picked up by some roving Jaguar or aJJigator. I was ,ve discern, under the brave bearing of a strong and truthful nature, the beat-
absorbed in redection, when ,uddenly I _p6rceivedout at ,ea, within alJout half a mile off ing of a loving woman's heart, w~ich teaches them not to undervalue the
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: maile'lit''o~ces '.t>No ''it~t?sti~n~are or ··kimHines~ : ;. B~t - i\1arg&ret ·F~llet, -with
~; iu; ~r~ ; yb i~ ~;"nts :..to tmTirTtmfiiiltttiij,ii f'of.~
!u hitp' ·a.ssion.ft:le &erisibil!tyt_is ~m~te of ·t~fdlt'er~ry woman;· who •W«?uld,not · Jor a migr~tory flight llnUBualto its i;.~ i a.'1,e;~.nce
have .beeQ ·:s~ti~e~ _wi·t~9.11t
1

Mar.t ' r ~1,lstonecraft, ~ constrained to employments ~orwhich ·~

1'?~lf!C.tu~l 'product1on _; ·_· bit. &l"a'
that all Deed ilOt
would ·J;>_e

we'."itiiagine,. wrotfii9-t 4t~lff~r wr1tmg's sak _e, 1mt,fi·on1_t,~e pres~o~e of ~tb~ A_propo~ ~of the same &UbJect, we ~d -Mary WolJstonecraft off"ering& ;IUg-
m9tives: . _Sp/ar , 8!'·t)>.~di1f"e .repce _of <l~}e ~ll<.1~~' .~here _1s.a ~t~km~ C01!3Cl· _- gest1on which t~e "'.'om~n of the Uruted States have already begun..~ -~Yi ··
dence in their trams of tliou~lit; mdeed, every important idea m the Righu out. She says.- · , . :-. i· .; , ·, : • . .. 'r
of Woman, except th~ combmat _i_~n ?f horn~ education ,with _a common day- Women, in p~ar, all want to be ladies. Which is simply to have nothlng--to
school f<>i: b 9ys .a~l(lJlf~~' ff~ppears •!1Marg~ret ~uller s essay. • · do, ·but listlessly to go t~y ~rcely care where,.for. they einilot,,ttiU,,\tW. :; :iBtattr
One 'point oidf~ -~c~ r~~.r. ~oth .,wr1t'e ~orc1bl YUI the ·factthat, while me!1 what have women, to do m. llOCle~?I may ~ as~ed,."b,-~
have a norror _· of s~c~fa~pliy ·o,r culture 1.nt~e ot:ln;r s~x ~S' t~nds t~ place 1t· 8
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-YC>ll,1tld
no~,fn.;!8!'~~~pi ~.-. to 11uc~~f~~ ._~d;~~i:o.~~~ ~~ ~-
to_lqit-,r -~ '"'-'J'~~- ;,'.i
. ~~- .-.,
on .a, level with thell'. OWO, th~y are really m a St!l,te _of SUbJeCtlOll·to 1gn~nt
~ bl ·. ·, ·d· d · · M t F 11 ; ·. · ·
,.,.m,nen_
• . • ,
'~i "-~ r-:rr7!1.-,,_u!~t-._°{ .A~h~l' .:f~ &epAg_,.. .· U ~ . a ~ .. ·'_·.
1181esso vanou1-.1uwi ucymtg t -.e•laepurfne,lf ·~ , ,.....ecluoataia ,,
an d 1ee e-mJD e woµicn. argare- . u e~~ay$.- : . __,, , ,. .·:: ·. inamoreorderlymanner .•.• WooienwouJd ··llQt~ · 'f · ·· ·
Wherever man,is sufficiently ~aised above.extreme poverty or Jm1t~ __ stupidity, .tQ men accept ofp1- uncle,:gov,emJD~t,~~d ~egl~~ ~¥imp),iJ~~r _a,,uP.~~:~ 1-"
cart1for-thecomforts ·of theflres1de,.or . the bl0<>mand or,uam$1t, o.f .Uf,,,wo~an .haa ·M ,.,.a hea . • ~ th • l - t ' -· .ft ·'·: .,) ,.,,,. 1 ~1,.&'1,11_~ ,, u --
aht&ya power enough, •it she · choose to exert it, a11dis usu41ly disposed ti do so, in ._• ' ewpa., :vypn~ .a_or· ·· e1r~ re '1C_uµc!! "V , .~P~o.,.-ar,; i~ff i'~•P M~ ,
proportion~ her ignorance: and childish vanity. p-oa~uaioted wi.th the ,i,gtportance mdep~nde .nt; i;~our .ees m ._wom~n! .. The P~f 0 1,1 8 ~~r1~m, .,f~ o~.~~i "! ·:
orlife and 1tspurpoees, trained toa selfish coquetry an~ lo,•e of petty p,ower, she does, m~n .~f.;&OIA 1~ ~av~ t~ l>e, s~pt 911_the t~al _of _,ro,\\'t'll\~,t'n,t ~ll ,-.,~tiitilW.i· .: ·
not look beyond the pleasure of mak~ her~elf_felt ~t the moment, and gov.ernmenta. :m~m~. lll~J: .b~ }ept ;up.,for a ~oman wh<!,~n unders~~d -vione'.~/;~11·~t !·1
are shaken and commei:cebroken up to grat1f! ~he.pique ota fe,ma~efavoui;it~_- 1:he _yearnings, .who 18'.fit ,~or nothing bot to sit -1n~~ dr.~wing troom..bb ,a,-d4ll"' .,;
English shop.per'• ,nfe ·does not vote, but 1t 18 fc;,r-her mterest that the .politician Madonna ·in ' her · ih!me. No matter"!··,An1-tbU1 . g -·'.JJJ •ore.: eJ¼<l~ _. . _".-~~ l,
caovass~s by the ,coarsest-Jlattery. ~o·chwge our · e~tabl!9bed ·fotmulre ~bout wopien, : o~. ~ ' ~~ll;~~- rM-% -~~-: 'I_,
,Again:- . . . _ mg utt? ,OUJ:;w1v., 111;1st.ead 1
o( loo~~I?g ,clq"°n.P._IJ, i~~~·-,.f&J i !il?,g,~~,~ ,
;Ml'wives, b_ador _g??d, l~v-~ ~rt1nloved, ine,'1itably h~ffuen~~thei~ ll~ban~ fr()m 110,n ,~ll i tJ.ill~ (l~t .~.un,.-~ a g-0()~prov~d~d .~e _, be ~ot}1vm1 } ._~c( ~h!:~o~ .'
~e pc;,wert~ell' po,1tlo1',n'c;,t,~erely g~v~s,but nec~ssltates of ~lonnng ev~dence·alid magnates o_f ~~!1l~s ?-.8-~ . d ~o .1~e?. S~f o~ ','fOIIlel)~~et Ltlt_~ IJJ e_Id~, ~~ ·
inNs1ng feelmgs in houts whenthe-patient, shall ·J call ljim ·?---18,off his guard. , - absorqents ·bf precio!1s t~mgs, provided we are . not obliged ~o admit ·.the~ tto ..,
:;ueal' DOW wlmt Mary ,Wollston~craftsay~ :on th~'s~me m.bJecL-_ _
be s~rictly reuow- _be1ngs, , to - be •treate'd; one•d ·all·,.withjiiatica .an~ .!IO~elil·
Women ·have ,been · allowed to remain in igntlrance and slaiish depen,len~e many reverence. . · ' · . . · · ' '. · ': ·· . · •', ' -- ., '· 1 : '. ! r ,;,_· -,.i 1 ·,,·0 ,, .: ·.
very many teara, ·.and_.still ~8 hear of nothi~g b11t,tb~r.foedn~- of pleasure ud sway:· . On · one side w.ebear .th@$.-w9~3p ;11p~jtion,pa!1f .~er :tu~ :,~ffiV~ tt¥ff~il1,.
tlieir ·preference of rak.-and .soldid"rs;thejr c)lildlsh ,atqichm~nt tQ, toy~ the vanity W~~D, - the~~}v,e~ -;~9 ·.~~~t~r _;t}f•~dzOIJ th~...pt~r, ,t.4_!l~
an4 ~)"9,~en ::;. ,rap ,;Ii~te t r.
that makes them ·value. acco~plishments · m~re tha~ virtue~ . History btj.pgs 'to~~rd . becq~~ b~,tt ~r ;'1n~1l_.t~e~r PO,~,tlf .~ ,1~. 1~erp;ved-~~\il lhcr ·fa•• a~ milde· ·
a .fearfnl :catalogne of the cnmes which their cnnniQg Jia,s pro4u~4, wbe~ the w~k m()re Just, ana . a wi<3ierfield op~ned to fem1mne ae'tinty. ·• l-]lu .~weconstu'i~, , ;
slaves have ·had auflicient ,address ,to overreach tbelr ,masters. . . ~- . When, hear :the 'same ·diftiewty ' sta~d about .the 1 human raee1 in,~~ · i~h· :~ i
therefore;: I call women slaves, I mean ln a .poliU~l an4 -?ivil ~ose;; fo_r!nJ1i~9tl>~ a perpetual actio'n· and i'..ea6tioll' ~etween ..~in~iYid.uals .-aai?_ m-.~tutJ._. ,;ri,A;,
they obta10 too m1;1ch~~er, and are debase~ by the1rexe~1ons to obt~m 1lllc1tsw~y~ must try and mend, 1both -by ·1itile .,QIJ4 l,itt~tb ~ ;1 ~nly r w~~ -J ~ icw\i~~ ~\
• • • • '.:l'h~1~~~11,1'1'~~ and even t_he ,'ll'tues. of l!'tJ>8~9_r ~e~, r,1Jl _a}w~rs give human ,things ,~n ,bQ.1!1~q.4~d -: ,U,p.f~tp~p·~~Jy,,~n19~er ';z~~01" ,9~~~«;>tjil ri
~omen ot sQm! d~scnptl~ll great power.over _them~ and these w~k _women,under _the of women, as,sm.-t.~hep; act .ual .equ .a,,ty wi~h men_;_na_J' even .tli~ll" morad :·
10fl_ucnce 0~ childish Jl&88l~ns an~ selfish vamty, will th~ow a fali_e ltpht 'over tAe o'fuect, superiorit • to men ~ as' ·a'gi:~unci ' ·ro·r their i-elertse( from
'b~ressi~e "la'w's !lirii:th
,cluchthe,fwrynten1ne111'111itA •thc,r eyuwho oughtto ·enlighten thn.r-;vdgm.ent.··Meno( · .s ,. , , ) - Th :t •·w,,i · t' .~ -·u· • . . ,. l b , .i L,' _,_..~- ; 1_...,
7 .: f ·' ·: ,,i i }'-"· ·1
fancy, and those saoguioe .char11cterswho JllOstly hold . the he~ 9f hum~n affair:sin ~st~ctrc:,ns ; . ,... , ..~ , , ,~se _~ ren~a 1mmen~ Y,1ly; lirr'is 1 a·- pbt fi(!n. - • 10,
general, :a:elaxjl'.lt~~ ~~iety of ~omen; .a~d surely I need ,not_cite to, the most super- w~re, tr?e, :t~~n ·_t ~!re woutd · ·be _a case · ·m ,.'Wb1ch· slavery·11nd-:1P.9rtmett•;
ficial reader of history ·the nU:1.nerous enmples of vice and oppression'which the private · notmshed virtue ·;· and so·far -we ·shou1d have an argument .for tht oon~~~gl? ,1
intrigues of femaJe favourites have produced ; not to dwell on the mischief that ~( bonda~ • . But ,we w.a.nt freedo~ a,.nd Cl,Jl~Qte'fP, r-~cp:qf'fl, -'t
l?~~'M1H1A b.J:~.,
naturallr arises fr?m ·~e }>llinderinginterposition; 'of .:w~U~mealliogfolly, . Fqr. , in. tie tion and 1gnorance have debased her, q.nd~w~~~,~,rt , M~ ;1 ~<?'r~ _·" t ~ : .-. . : · ~1:
traruactiou -of lnu,neu it · u much 'better. to .katJeto <kal wit/, !a _knaN th4rt- ,s f«>l,. ~tl J.f ~e be sJPI~ ~~t-n•tu~ ml8er11bfe, . ... ·
alcnaoe-adheru ;tq.,omsplan; ( and aD!Jplan of rr.eaM) _n,;,nay be ,een...t4r.Ofl!Jh aOl)Mfl tha~ ,q . How
lhall;rrieh-.gro,r? ;,i " 1' it ·. ,(·' 1' •J: ',: ; ,, \ ·' ·J : :i·:~, £ J. ,,h, t. ,.
•udd_enjlig..At . of folli.g. ' . T~e . power ~1!icb, :vile ._and foolish:'!'O~en- bave., bad over' wt~ . Both Margare .t Fuller nnd ,M:ary Wollsforiecr _an ha VeI·t~ lllt1~h -u, ~y r.
me~ ·who P?•esa~ ~bility _is~oton~s~ ··: ' ,, : '.'. ! 'l: . . , . . ': . I :i.·:,.-~:..._:
·,:·~:
;'-,Jo falf l!fiit'o''tli,if s~iiti~tal- 1 ex,tg' .. t1on; i.c'P,h~ir.. amni ~ ~-t11".wtiat
rher _e lS Ii notlon c.ommo~I,r ent~rt~med amol)g. me~ tbd k~ m~truct~ - 'wottie'JIJ. ''lnay •beeome ·do ·n<Jt prev.ent :~m from -scen,_g andLJ pUAIIDg,.., . . m~ ..i
w.om~n, capable of ~armg opm1on~, 1s. ltkely to proye an 1mpract1~able yoke- as they are . <) 11: the · -relative .mot<&l _ex~~n~ -Qf, ;~e.,~ ,m4,..~P.fflP.U , Mai;y:
fe1l~w, al~ays pulling 01.1e..'Y'P.Y~hen het h_usband wanu, to .-,1:t.<> : ~~e othe~, Wollston~iaft;spe$ 1 ~itb t,\le i;u~st d.ec,~.~<.>:'} ;,--:7;: ,, .,_,___- _'.,·: ·it, ,'.,11,_,, ,.i ~-,r, '.JL
oracular m tone, an? pron~ __t? ~~ve ~~~ta111. lectures '!n ni«'!aph:t:sic!!. But women ~re JJIP.PP~«Ji , ~ ..possess ,JR-Ore s~nsibUity;,,~~ eve~ hn-.~~, .~ .'1~
surely, so far as obst1.nacy1s l!artcerned, yom:"'linTeason_mg an ,1mal 1s th.e m_ost apd,_their strong at~c}lmen,ta .a~d inst~mta . ·neons'emotions ·0r· ~~~orl an"'gf~en . .'·iul'
unmana~l,l~ . ·~f:9reatur,es, ~he~ ·-yoµ-a _~ ,.notJ•l1o..,-ed :to setilCr th~ question proofs; but t1ie clinging affectfon of igtioiin~ li•fiieta61WifiytMigltlo~e "-' ln1 1.l._tliul n
by ~.cudgeJ, . f\ .:W:~ !M.,~n~ br .!dle, :or ~"'.~!I i_'! ~tr,1,n_g_t~ ~he leg. _ ror our ,<>~n may .moirtly1",' ~lied 'i(lto' i!eltlshftdss,: 'as muas the affection .-ofelU~ r~ ./IJl'J.l~ t
parts, we ~ee~Jl~ _p ons1stent . Qr ~o~re¥16u _s _~Milum between t1Je. ol~ plan of J,have known many wea~ •women wh~se !ffln&Jbility , ~~ eni~,: ..t,~ r~.t.t~ t
corporal _d1sc1p~1'!e an~ tha ,t ~~o~pu~li__ educat,on of women which will make , hUBban~; and ~s f~f thell' h)l~ ,a~~ty~1t, w;as verr, f~t ,m~~1 or ~-.~~',ii_~~~~I
them rational oemgs m th~ li1~liest ·sen~e -orthe word. ,v-herever weakness · a transient emotion of compunon. Hµ.mamty does·not · co~ilt "Jn a-sqa.eamuh ial, !J
is not harshly c9iltro1led it 'uiust gouern, a1ryo.u niay see when a strong mnh ~ys an eminetit'orator •. 1'" '1t'.liel~gUo tbe :mind_u w~hs •tothe~ tl .I.Bn ..... i
holJs a little child by · the ·band, · how he is pulled hither and 'thither and kind of exclUBiveatfecµon,though it.degr•deJ the3divi4u-1. ~d ·~o~-:~ , bro.~
w~aried in his walk by bis ·submissii>n to the whims · and feeble movetrients f~rwo.r; !LI •. prootr,of JJ\e µuen.qr~~stof.iVii,;~ ~~ .i~n~~~ '..'.. ~~~im,~~ -~
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ISSOU e by fove '! and Jove, as an heroic pa.si«m, like geMUS,app~rit' ~tlo~ -l-1•-U'_age.~ . I'
cor_ine~1on b~tween ln~r!nltY, of !og,c an~ mtir~1t1 , or wilt, and a wom_an therefore agreewith the moralist w}w. userta. J',tbat ,1'A.,.~ 1Mlitt:.:: ~ :)'°1j~~ d
quit~ mnoce~t !'f .an ~ll1mon 1~ ph1lo.sophy, 1_s _a~ ~·1k~1y ~ . n_ot.to_- hav~ an m- g~nerpsity as men:;" a~4 th•tt'1eir ii.a_rrow,yf«;~~~%~o ~ID,f~J~s .tt~:1~d .1-up;ic~~:Y-
~o.rmtable opm~on ,about _the kitchen. As to 9iirs of s.uper~_ontr,, hp ,oman are often sacrific~~~r~nder the _ sex apparently inre~~r, · ea~tty~ ~,, ..~ .·~ .!·
ever bad them m conse _quence of true cult~re, but oril)'b~ca~se ·her culture morily inspired 'by men; ' bnH contend thil:t' tlie 1l'em !·w<nil'd 1
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was shallow or unreal, only ns a _result of-w4at i ~~rs ;· ~alap'fop well' ·calls standing gained strength, if women were not depre888dfrom th~ r " vr r> ii! ,;
"the ineffectual qualities in~ ~orian"-mere acquisit~ons carrie4 about, ·and ' We 'hid·m#Jfed·,severat'other passage,' ·of Margaret Fulle~• ror- extratt,
not knowledge thoroughly nss1m1lated so as to enter , mto the growth of the but ''a_s we Uo nO"t·aim 'af an elt~austive :·tteatment , of , our , ~bjedr "ahd,•e :
character. · · · · · only touching a' few · of)ts ·_p· oirits, -w~diave ; ·~l"nap• ,!:aJ~idy: 'o1aimetti~~ :
To return to Margaret Fuller, SOD)eof the best things sbe-sa.ys al'e Jon the much of the reader~11·~tenti<>n '.as he will be wi{hng :to '~V~ to'i'1eh1desultc)J1, 1
follyofabsolutedefinitioµsofwoman'snature .and ,absolutedemarcationsof material. ... '· · ,, ·. ·. - !-,·; ,'' '· -'· ·'' 1 •1~:. d -t
woman's mission .• " _Nature," she says, .• , seem, to delight in varying the . , · ,·, j,. ,; ,;1,_ . ·d ,, . ,,: J;
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arrangements, as 1f t9 .show that ,ihe will Qe_fett~red ..by ;no rule; and we EXILE IN SIBERU. ..,,1 .' ;. ' ·d ':._'; '..i
mu$t admit the same varieties ,that she . u.do,its. "·. Agam: " If nature is
never bound down, nor ·the voice of insph·ation stitled, that is enough. '\Ve .Jfg' Exile in Bille~- By Alexander Herzen. 2 'v<1~ :. . · · ··:tr'unt Jand.~ '
are pleased that wol'l;len ~hould write and speak, if they feel need of it, fr9m Ta~ author ·oft~ese ~emoirs i~, one of the .1µ9sfj ~ti~gy,~~~ 1'n~r•.N~ 0~
having som~thing to ,tell ; but :silence (or ages . w.oul<l J:~e ~o misfortune, if nation. We claim bun as a fr1en<l aQd c,o.llabor(Jteur. .-A·_P9.11µq~ . •~ - ~~:
that silenee :-be -from divine !Command, .,md nqt .from man's tradition.'' And torian, a · romancist, · he scarcely reawhed manh,09(1--~fQ~~ \he E~pef# ,
her~ is a paasage, the b~ginning of which has b~~n .often. ,quoted:- Nicholas fenred and persecuted him as an enemy. ,Hia ,,u.oe~JJ&- .u,i ~
If you ask me what offices tbey(wemen) may fill,- I reply-any. · I do:not care trayed his opinions; ho was ·twice al'l'ested , .twiee eJUled,,.watehed, 1tbwaned ,r
what case you put; .let them be sea-captains if · you will. I 4Q;not doubt there are and long depri-fed of •·all but ·illicit fame i; ,for -the Go:vernmelil forhida,camJ
women well fitted for suQ]t.a~ office, and, if 110,I should be M g}fld as to welcome the person, once condemned fot ~ politicalw61fence, from p1iblmfing't ~nleu, ~on.7 ~
Maid of Saragoss~, .ot th~ Maid ot MlsSQfonghi, or the , Suliote beroh~!ltor ~mily mously, or under a pseudonym. · Thus~ Alexander :~e'i'ett j fo~g h11idea
.Plater .. I think women need, especially at this juncture, a much greater range of into circulation, wns n,anfed and prllised · only in '-&cfditJo~, ; ci~fes ·1 of ·he
occupation than they have, to rouse tQeir latent powers. • . . : In families that I speech-beyond the.range.~f spies. · ,'~ever.thel , 'Ss,, '~is .. r~utut~~h '·exterid~
~now, so~e little girls like to saw wood, others to use carpenter's tools._ Where these throu:.?,hout the empire ; lns works, though now prol,l~bitec:I~~used the mo-r~
Jast.~s are_in~ulged, cheerfulne·ss .and good-humour are pronioted. '· Where they are intellig~nt cla.ssea fro11,1 their B,Path;Y,a~d we~ so .signi'~#~t~ f p_oeu!ar, ,t!ia&
f'o~1Mden,because'' such things are not propet for girls," they g-row sullen and mis- to admire one of Herzen's books was to avow the :revohtttonary spil'!t; · ,
ch1evous. Fourier had ·observed these wants of women, its iio one can fail to do who In a moment ' of incautious compliance ' the . Emperot 'Niellol• · w ·184_7.,
-watcliesthe desires of little g'i'i'ts,or knows the ennui that ha'untll gtewri women, ex- granted to Herzen s."passpol't out of Russia . He emerged fl'.()m that vai9t
cept 'wher~theytnake to tb"msel~es a serene Jittle· world by art . of some kind. · He, fiortified emp'irc, 'in whi'ch every 'ind',v'idual, is . under the , Aut.oor _. j\t"• ha.JJd,
therefore, 1n prop)sing ·a·great variety of empJoyments, in manufactuNS·or the cnre of 1 d
pla~ts and a~iinals; aUows ior 9ne-third of women as likely to have a taate for mas- trav~lled :in -J;~ance; iGe_rl}lnnrt and Italy during i~~ i~sun-ecti9~!1rf ·PJ~: '
miline pursuits, one-thirct of men for feminine. . . • I hav~ no doubt, howevl;!r, acquired a fa~hty .of'wntmg m the Fr.en .c~, and ~.rnu1n 1-.qgDJg~~ 8 : · ~
th at a large proportion of women would give themselves to the same employments .q,s formed relations ',Vl~h· the g-reat ft·aterni~y ot lt~al DU!14'
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Dow,because t~re are ci,:cums~nces that must lead them. .Mo,thers w,ill delight to Europe. ·\Vhen a cotttmuous process of reaction had w_t,iled~ 10100allo e e
~ake the nest soft_and w.arrn. Nature _wo.uld tll~e care of ,that ; no need io clip the Coritment, Herzen · migrated to London ; and establtshed ~n Begent'a•squat,