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that the silly, unintellectual person
can be more useful in homely
occupations than the sensible
cultivated one.

She may perhaps have more
readiness, & be more in practice
because her taste has lain that way,
but she will be slower in understanding
directions, less fertile in directions resources
& more likely to be led by foolish
useless predjudices than will one
who has kept her faculties bright,
& understands the whys & wherefores
of what she does.

Thus, a young maiden who has
any real desire to become -
I was going to say a valuable
member of society but I will put it
higher, & say a truly "polished
corner of the Temple" will like to