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The Description of a New World, Called the Blazing-World
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Duchess of Margaret Cavendish Newcastle
141
After
this
Discourse,
they
had
many
other
Conferences,
which
for
brevity's
sake
I'le
forbear
to
rehearse.
At
last,
after
several
Questions
which
the
Empress's
Soul
asked
the
Duchess,
she
desired
to
know
the
reason
why
she
did
take
such
delight,
when
she
was
joyned
to
her
Body,
in
being
singular
both
in
Accoustrements,
Behaviour,
and
Discourse?
The
Duchess's
Soul
answered,
she
confessed
that
it
was
extravagant,
and
beyond
what
was
usual
and
ordinary:
but
yet
her
ambition
being
such,
that
she
would
not
be
like
others
in
any
thing,
if
it
were
possible,
I
endeavour,
said
she,
to
be
as
singular
as
I
can:
for,
it
argues
but
a
mean
Nature,
to
imitate
others:
and
though
I
do
not
love
to
be
imitated,
if
I
can
possibly
avoid
it;
yet,
rather
than
imitate
others,
I
should
chuse
to
be
imitated
by
others:
for
my
Nature
is
such,
that
I
had
rather
appear
worse
in
Singularity,
than
better
in
the
Mode.
If
you
were
not
a
great
Lady,
replied
the
Empress,
you
would
never
pass
in
the
World
for
a
wise
Lady:
for,
the
World
would
say,
your
Singularities
are
Vanities.
The
Duchess's
Soul
answered,
she
did
not
at
all
regard
the
Censure
of
this,
or
any
other
Age,
concerning
Vanities:
but,
said
she,
neither
this
present,
nor
any
of
the
future
Ages,
can
or
will
truly
say,
that
I
am
not
Vertuous
and
Chast:
for
I
am
confident,
all
that
were,
or
are
acquainted
with
me,
and
all
the
Servants
which
ever
I
had,
will
or
can
upon
their
oaths
declare
my
actions
no
otherwise
than
Vertuous:
and
certainly,
there's
none
even
of
the
meanest
Degree,
which
have
not
their
Spies
and
Witnesses,
much
more
those
of
the
Nobler
sort,
which
seldom
or
never
are
without
Attendants;
so
that
their
Faults
(if
they
have
any)
will
easily
be
known,
and
as
easily
be
divulged.
Wherefore,
happy
are
those
Natures
that
are
Honest,
Vertuous,
and
Noble;
not
only
happy
to
themselves,
but
happy
to
their
Families.
But,
said
the
Empress,
if
you
glory
so
much
in
your
Honesty
and
Vertue,
how
comes
it
that
you
plead
for
Dishonest
and
Wicked
persons,
in
your
Writings?
The
Duchess
answered,
It
was
only
to
shew
her
Wit,
not
her
Nature.
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