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SRandlett at Oct 04, 2018 05:19 AM

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“attachment & delicate behavior, if a woman of the
“greatest sensibility & of the most virtuous heart, claims
“the unbounded affection & care of a husband, she has a
“full claim to mine. To this I must add the happiness of
“informing you that she is well, which to her friends who
“heard of her dangerous trials here must be pleasing intelli=
”=gence”.— I do not insert from Vanity.*, I can say with
truth that all my life my greatest ambition & desire
was that he might act honorably & hold an elevated place
in Society. — I believe that many Wives lose the influence
that a virtuous & sensible woman ought to have over her
husband by the sneers of the world (or rather their little
circle in the world) who say a husband is henpecked
if he is known to advise with & consult his wife on business
— but who so, interested in a husband’s welfare & honor
as a wife — his friend — his companion — Mrs. Thrake
in an excellent letter to a gentleman just married
expresses the same idea which I met with since
writing the foregoing sentiment — “Listen not to those
“Sages, who advise you always to scorn the counsel of a
“woman, & if you comply with her requests pronounce

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