It is a common error, but it is an error, that
literature unfits women for the everyday business of life. It is
not so with men. You see those of the most cultivated minds
constantly devoting their time and attention to the most homely
objects. Literature gives women a real and proper weight in
society, but then they must use it with discretion."
--THE REV. SYDNEY SMITH.
(8) 'The Statesman,' pp. 73-75.
(9) Fuller, the Church historian, with his usual homely mother-wit,
speaking of the choice of a wife, said briefly, "Take the daughter
of a good mother."
(10) She was an Englishwoman--a Miss Motley. It maybe mentioned that
amongst other distinguished Frenchmen who have married English
wives, were Sismondi, Alfred de Vigny, and Lamartine.
(11) "Plus je roule dans ce monde, et plus je suis amene a penser
qu'il n'y a que le bonheur domestique qui signifie quelque chose."
--OEUVRES ET CORRESPONDENCE.
(12) De Tocqueville's 'Memoir and Remains,' vol. i. p. 408.
(13) De Tocqueville's 'Memoir and Remains,' vol. ii. p. 48.
(14) Colonel Hutchinson was an uncompromising republican, thoroughly
brave, highminded, and pious. At the Restoration, he was
discharged from Parliament, and from all offices of state for
ever. He retired to his estate at Owthorp, near Nottingham, but
was shortly after arrested and imprisoned in the Tower. From
thence he was removed to Sandown Castle, near Deal, where he lay
for eleven months, and died on September 11th, 1664.
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