Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1833-11-30
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II, woman be as beautiful a one q
those celestial beings with whom the
vivid dreams Ofimaginationbavc Peo-
pied Mahomcts paradise, as lovely
and fresh as the tabled Aurora, and
'7Graceful as iiebe, yet il she ooes not
! unite to the external charms Of hes
person, the refined accomplishments
aud sublime sentiments Of an elegant
mind. she can never enchain the heart
Other husband with those golden fet-
tors which only death can scves.
Sweetness Of disposition, and intellec-
tual en iOwncnt-, reathe those letters
with the ever-blooming roses VI ENJOY
meut, and call forth into action all the
teGder charaties winch irraJiatc the
sphere ofconnubial happiness. \ wo-
man may shine in mechanical accom-
plisI,o.cuts, though Il s,y Of mental
light does not dawn upon her mind;
she may paint, sing, and play upon
musical instruments, and by those
mAnual-vocal arts, gain a transient tri-
umph over those who are ConteDted
with female cultivation hung on walls,
Or hearing it vibrate Ola strings.
But the man Of discernment feels q
woman thus gifted, can only amase for
AL hour, and attract by her adscitit,ous
donations, some friPPery tops, who like
the stupid butterflies, light on exotic
flowers without fragrance or perfume,
Father than Oh the odoriferous blossoms
that yield delicious honey. The looks
ola stuP,o Deaut, "who has not soul
within her eyes, are fixed in the dead
calm OF insensibiIity they emit no cleo
trio spark to k,ndle the atecti0Os-so
that they are examined without emo
ton, ard beheld without love.
IL the winter OF Life, when the gau-
dy flowers OF porso"al beauty are
n'ppcd by the crude breathing" ofAge;
whe, the iustre OF the blue eye is DIM
med, and the bloom Of rosy cheeks lied,
how fallen then will be the unmarried
who has not resources in the treasury
Of knowledge she will remain Il tyrant
without power, prey to envy and
remOrse. 4 woman Of intellectual aC-
complishment, on the contrary, in the
evening Of lie, viii draw at the ioun-
tain Of the graces the limpid baisam of
literary knowledge-ditiuse the plea
sure OF instruction TO her children, aud
illuminate, by her cheerful CONVERSE
ton, all who are Circled within the
attractive sphere ofthe society,n which
she moves. Beauty is as fleetiny and
rs fragile IA the bloom Of an exotic
fowrr, blown undcr the chilling in-
fiucnce OF northern breeze. Educa-
Cation alone IS the towering oax that
defies the tempe ct Uf years.
The most ine>timabie blessing which
The benign bounty Of the Creation has
bestowed upon man, is the possession
OF u virtuous, amiable and educated
wnman-her love is the highest delight
which gIaddens him in the vale Of
suffering; itisa green basis that spreads
for h.,n its grassy verdure on tue des-
EFT Of despair. In the possession OF a
lovely, sympathetic woman. even in
the solitude Ollie, only illuminated =,
her smiles, the soul Is more g.atii,ed,
.han upon the tn. one OF = po.eon,
when TIE orld honored him with ITS
homage. and was dazzled by the lustrc
OF MS glory.
Though Rousseau thscw -enChant-
nc nts over the. tender passion though
Byron ard Dssian transfused the most
sublime ard profound sensihility into
love. yet they never experienced those
fine feelings Of which the pure heart
Of womar Is susceptible. Ii is the
iountain from which piety and ardent
affections gu>h 10 "a spontaneous and
flow ing union. II is in the midst OF
Distress and anguish that the finest
qn;l,'ies OF the female, and the noblest
traits 81 the. female character are dis
PLAYED in all their characteristic
gra ,}ccr.
,,ran the husbands suffering under
TIE rre--ur., II unalterable wo; when
b. -rsp~cts are withcred by the dis
sc'ved illusions OF hcJc. and the cruel
e. ion offr,e'4ds, it is then that the
4. sclalio,ss oi wife lour the balm Oi
s>rnn,thy into the Corrodcd bosom OF
yrisi. Adversely only gives an ad-
d Z, ~ impulse Of ardor to her attach
me- cit seems to inspire her with a
sciri, Of drvo'edress to the object Of
love. whict, rises superior to the at
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