This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 edition. Excerpt: ...should necessity require it, and to aid in supporting others. Whether, however, their labor supports themselves, or more than does it, is not so much the question, as whether they are truly industrious. An aged woman, who at ninety was often found at her spinning wheel, and always at active employment- ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 edition. Excerpt: ...should necessity require it, and to aid in supporting others. Whether, however, their labor supports themselves, or more than does it, is not so much the question, as whether they are truly industrious. An aged woman, who at ninety was often found at her spinning wheel, and always at active employment--though by no means indigent--was accustomed to say, that every person ought to strain every nerve to get property as long as life lasts, as a matter of duty. I would not say quite so much as this; but I do say that every person, no matter what may be her rank or circumstances, ought to be industrious, from ear)y life to the last moment. Such a person, male or female, will seldom want means of support, and even of distributing "to him that needeth;" but should such a thing happen, it is of r no very great importance. She will at least die with the consciousness of having spent her life in active industry, and of having benefited somebody, though she may have spent less on herself. As to the kind of labor or exercise in which females ought to engage, I have perhaps said enough already. I will only add, that I consider a person as industrious, and as truly worthy of reward--I mean pecuniary reward--in performing valuable mental or moral labor a part of her time, as she who is engaged the whole time with her hands; and I know of no propriety in the custom which has led to the valuation of 1 things by a different standard. I know of no reason, for example, why a young woman who, as a sister, or as a daughter, or as a friend merely, contributes, by wise management, to keep an aged parent or an infant child, or any other person, happy--though it were only by cheerful conversation, or by relating stories for an hour or so, occasionally--I know not, ...
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VG-(Corners bumped; Some wear to cloth at extremities; Some foxing throughout, but not overly intrusive) Brown cloth over boards; Gilt titling at spine; 356 pp.; 2 bw frontispieces. A guide to all aspects of life for the young woman, including cleanliness, dress, intellectual and social improvement, caring for the sick, industry, exercise, frugality, self-dependence, and much more.
