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The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness
·
Florence Hartley
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"Submission
and
self-control
are
then
the
duty
of
the
young
sufferer--for
a
sufferer
she
truly
is;--no
page
of
her
after-history
could
unfold
a
bitterer
pang.
But
peace
and
hope
come
at
last--the
struggle,
though
violent,
leaves
behind
it
none
of
that
corroding
sorrow,
which
would
have
accompanied
the
acquiescence
of
parents
in
a
union
unblessed
by
a
Providence,
whose
will
is
that
all
should
be
pure,
even
as
He
above
is
pure.
Had
your
fond
wishes
been
granted,
young
and
trusting
being,
how
fearful
would
have
been
your
condition!
For
there
is
no
suspicion
so
revolting
to
an
innocent
mind
as
that
which
unseats
love
from
his
throne
in
our
affections,
and
places
another
in
his
stead.
Be
assured
of
this--little
can
you
know
of
the
moral
conduct
of
the
other
sex;
little
is
it
desirable
that
you
should
know.
But
whenever
improprieties
are
so
flagrant
as
to
be
matters
of
conversation;
when
the
good
shun,
and
the
pitying
forbear
to
excuse;
be
assured
some
deeper
cause
than
you
can
divine
exists
for
the
opprobrium.
Think
not
that
your
empire
over
affections
thus
wasted
can
be
a
real
one.
It
is
transient,
it
will
not
last--it
will
not
bring
reformation--it
will
never
be
adequately
requited.
Throw
yourself
on
the
judgment
of
those
whose
interest
in
you
has
been
life-long,
or
of
such
as
you
know
truly
regard
your
happiness;
conquer
the
unhallowed
preference;
pray
for
support
and
guidance;
trust
in
Him
who
'catereth
for
the
sparrow.'
"But,
when
the
commencement
of
life
is
chilled
by
so
cruel
a
sorrow--when
the
blight
has
fallen
on
the
bud--we
must
not
only
look
up
to
heavenly
aid,
we
must
take
every
means
of
care
for
an
unfortunate,
and,
when
once
the
judgment
is
convinced
of
the
unworthiness
of
the
object,
a
blameable
attachment.
How
often,
in
the
Psalms,
in
the
Gospels,
the
word
'Help'
is
reiterated!
We
are
to
help
ourselves--we
must
work
for
our
heavenly
peace
on
earth--the
mental
discipline,
to
prosper,
must
be
aided
by
divine
grace,
but
its
springs
must
be
from
our
own
hearts.
And,
to
fulfill
the
will
of
God
in
this,
as
in
the
other
events
of
life,
let
us
take
such
means
as
may
aid
us
in
the
work
of
self-government.
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