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ishment should be meted out accordingly. I do not believe in husbands treating loyal wives 

 badly ; and I much fear the sympathy shown for women, in very many cases is totally undeserved, 

 only encouraging waywardness in others and actually leads to the increase of crime. 



The last Act of Parliament, relating to the property of women, seems to me to be a sad 

 blow to domestic happiness, and entirely opposed to what is religiously right. If marriage was 

 merely a mutual partnership which could be dissolved it might be different ; but to legally constitute 

 two masters in one establishment, when each choses to have his or her own way what a dismal 

 look out there is ! Fancy a washerwoman entertaining her company, and her husband coming 

 home expecting his dinner ready for him, and being treated with contempt, as he certainly will 

 be in many cases, and what can be his remedy? I presume submission only. 



The veriest outcasts, even the worst criminals, probably if they had had the opportunities 

 of knowing better, as so many of us have had, they would not have been in the position they 

 are now in, and most likely at the last perhaps they will receive a milder punishment than some 

 of us may do. The talents given us, and the opportunities to use them, will then appear to 

 us face to face. Do we sufficiently consider these matters? 



I add that I consider paying some attention to Nature's works causes us to think seriously, 

 and gives exercise to the brain, causing the eye to like to see things in order, and also causes 

 us to like to have all things done in an orderly and consistent way. 



What seems to be the fashion in the present day is for the poor to be competing with the 

 rich, and almost each one trying to pass themselves off as richer than they are. 



