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Why Are Women Redundant?
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A state of society so mature, so elaborate, so highly organized as ours cannot fail to abound in painful and com plicated problems. One after another these excite attention. The philosopher seeks to solve them; the philanthropist endeavours to relieve the suffering, and the moralist to cure the evil, they involve or imply. There is enough, alas, in the various forms of wrong, of error, and of wretchedness which multiply around us, not only to make our hearts bleed, but to bewilder our understanding, to disturb our conscience, to shame our indolence and ignorance, and al most to stagger and to strain our faith and enough also to afford ample occupation to that vast amount of restless, pry ing, energetic, impatient benevolence, which is perhaps the most remarkable, as it is certainly the most hopeful, feature of this age. It would seem as if, in this respect, 'our strength was equal to our day,' and our resources to the work which lies before all that appears necessary is, that the diagnosis should be complete before the medicine is ad ministered, and that the physician should be sure of his pre scription before the surgeon begins to operate. For ourselves, we can say that we never despaired of the Republic;' we.
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A state of society so mature, so elaborate, so highly organized as ours cannot fail to abound in painful and com plicated problems. One after another these excite attention. The philosopher seeks to solve them; the philanthropist endeavours to relieve the suffering, and the moralist to cure the evil, they involve or imply. There is enough, alas, in the various forms of wrong, of error, and of wretchedness which multiply around us, not only to make our hearts bleed, but to bewilder our understanding, to disturb our conscience, to shame our indolence and ignorance, and al most to stagger and to strain our faith and enough also to afford ample occupation to that vast amount of restless, pry ing, energetic, impatient benevolence, which is perhaps the most remarkable, as it is certainly the most hopeful, feature of this age. It would seem as if, in this respect, 'our strength was equal to our day,' and our resources to the work which lies before all that appears necessary is, that the diagnosis should be complete before the medicine is ad ministered, and that the physician should be sure of his pre scription before the surgeon begins to operate. For ourselves, we can say that we never despaired of the Republic;' we.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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.
46 pages, Paperback
First published February 24, 2013
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William Rathbone Greg
51 books1 followerWilliam Rathbone Greg was an English essayist.
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February 2, 2020
This book is (predictably) sexist, but it also made me laugh and it's short, so it gets two stars rather than one.
July 13, 2022
Read this because it was apparently the inspiration behind "The Odd Women, " which was mentioned in Orwell's "The Clergyman's Daughter."
The essay is about the "surplus" of women in England at the time and how to remedy the situation--mainly by emigration to the US or Australia, where the men already went? Laughable and mildly entertaining, but many of the horrors that the author sees for such women if not married are also considered by the main character in Orwell's book.
On to "The Odd Women" next.
The essay is about the "surplus" of women in England at the time and how to remedy the situation--mainly by emigration to the US or Australia, where the men already went? Laughable and mildly entertaining, but many of the horrors that the author sees for such women if not married are also considered by the main character in Orwell's book.
On to "The Odd Women" next.
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