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The Young Maiden

By Artemas Bowers Muzzey

2019-06-18 21:54:19

The Physical Constitution of woman is peculiar. In barbarous nations she has often been subjected to the same manual exertions as man; sometimes to those even more arduous. But the progress of refinement and civilization always establishes a marked d ... Read more
The Physical Constitution of woman is peculiar. In barbarous nations she has often been subjected to the same manual exertions as man; sometimes to those even more arduous. But the progress of refinement and civilization always establishes a marked distinction between the two sexes, in this respect. Nature revolts at the thought of the Amazon. A Boadicea and a Joan of Arc, were they now to appear, would be almost universally regarded as disloyal to their sex. A masculine woman and an effeminate man are in equal disesteem. We instinctively pronounce her to unsex herself, who arms for the battle-field, or engages in those agricultural, mechanic, or other manual pursuits, which demand great bodily vigor. God hath made the sexes herein to differ, and man, we feel, ought not to confound them. Less

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File size160.567 KB
Print pages107
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2019-02-22
LanguageEnglish
ISBN1499242174
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Artemas Bowers Muzzey
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Muzzey, Artemas Bowers. An American clergyman and miscellaneous writer; born in Lexington, MA, Sept. 21, 1802; died at Cambridge, April 21, 1892. Included in his numerous publications are: ‘The Youn...

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