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mind that she cannot tear herself from its influence ; 

 and keeping servants and horses shivering in the 

 cold, merely to prolong a gratification she may 

 enjoy at any time, evinces a want of consideration 

 for the feelings of others, that places her in anything 

 but the amiable light in which so fair a being as 

 woman should ever be regarded. The frivolous of 

 the other sex may think otherwise : let such herd 

 with kindred minds and think as they please ; 

 woman, with her usual attributes, would be con- 

 taminated by their praise or admiration, and, let us 

 hope, would turn away with contempt from the 

 expression of it. 



In conclusion of clipping : in this, as in many 

 other things in which the welfare and comfort of 

 animals are involved, a want of knowledge of effects 

 often leads to much suffering to them ; and a want of 

 consideration, as to whether they will or will not lead 

 to such, occasions a great deal more. If we are not 

 bound to know, we most certainly are so to consider ; 

 and if we are aware we cannot trust to the correctness 

 of any opinion or decision consideration may lead to, I 



