Excerpt from The Destiny of Doris: A Travel-Story of Three Continents A girl is never too young to form Opinions Of her own sex, nor to express them! The year that followed, Doris gave to her books. Many good schools for girls exist in the United States; but the one she attended has no rival in what it accom plishes for the physical and mental development of wom en. Her mother had studied in a different school. She had married Lord John with the hope Of blazing out a political'path for her husband. In those days she be ...
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Excerpt from The Destiny of Doris: A Travel-Story of Three Continents A girl is never too young to form Opinions Of her own sex, nor to express them! The year that followed, Doris gave to her books. Many good schools for girls exist in the United States; but the one she attended has no rival in what it accom plishes for the physical and mental development of wom en. Her mother had studied in a different school. She had married Lord John with the hope Of blazing out a political'path for her husband. In those days she be lieved that under the magic Of her inspiration he could attain any height - even the Prime Minister's bench and she abandoned her hopes only when she found that Lord John had no head for politics, or for anything be yond a horse and a good dinner. From that hour the ambition of the American wife grudgingly yielded to the lamentable indifference and mental sluggishness of her husband. Knowing the woman well, I understood her disenchantment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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