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love ? Ladies ! are they ladies of refinement who 
pride themselves on the exquisite delicacy of their 
taste? No, it cannot be. Character is revealed “ as 
in a mirror,” thrown outward with pitiless accuracy. 
Is it not so ? Then what will you do ? I appeal to 
you, be yourselves, be women with hearts to feel, 
and stop every species of cruelty. Resist every 
attempt to force you to so degrading an ornamenta¬ 
tion. There may be an excuse for the Red Indian to 
decorate himself with the dead scalps of his foes, but 
there is none for you. The birds are you friends and 
not your foes, and the sign on your headgear is not 
the sign of your bravery, but of your shameful 
cruelty, setting forth, “ as in a mirror,” your gross 
ignorance or want of heart. “If thou sayest, Behold, 
we knew it not ; doth not He that pondereth the 
heart consider it ? and shall not He render to every 
man according to his works ? ” (Proverbs xxiv. 12.) 
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