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AGRICULTURE 



member of a corporate body, and she must 

 take upon herself the moral responsibility of 

 doing the work which is set her, honourably 

 and conscientiously, because she has become 

 a responsible woman, and taken up the burden 

 of life, 

 satisfaction in After a time the routine ceases to be 



regular work . . 



irksome, and the regular hours leading to 

 the accomplishment of satisfactory work gives 

 a feeling of " purpose " and " achievement " 

 which is immensely gratifying morally and 

 mentally, to say nothing of a sort of exalta- 

 tion of personal dignity in belonging to the 

 great army of the employed, instead of to 

 the greater one of the unemployed. Some- 

 times no doubt regrets for " the fleshpots 

 of Egypt " will force themselves upon all 

 healthy-minded girls, because the paths of 

 dalliance and pleasure once left never again 

 present the same attractions. Fulness of 

 active life and work are apt to make a 

 woman feel dreadfully " out of it " when she 

 again joins in those social amusements which 



