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If you decide to try to keep him, attend to your means of attraction. IF YOU DECIDE TO TRY TO KEEP HIM ATTEND TO YOUR MEANS OF ATTRACTION
d be so foolish as to fling herself against the stones instead of quietly going through one of the openings, simply because she resented the wall’s being there at all! And yet this is what numbers--indeed the majority--of women do, figuratively, in their dealings with men; and so destroy their own happiness. But I want you to be wiser, Caroline. Realize when you embark upon matrimony that you will have to play a difficult game, with the odds all against you, and that it will take every atom of your intelligence to win it, the prize being continued happiness. You may reply, “If Charlie requires all this management and thinking over, let him go! I would not demean myself by pandering to such things.” And I answer, “Certainly, if to let him go will make you as happy as to keep him!” But if, on the contrary, it will make you perfectly miserable, then it will be more prudent to use a little common sense about it. Ask yourself the question frankly and then settle upon your course of conduct. L WITH SEVERAL GATES IN IT WOULD BE SO FOOLISH AS TO FLING HERSELF AGAINST THE STONES INSTEAD OF QUIETLY GOING THROUGH ONE OF THE OPENINGS SIMPLY BECAUSE SHE RESENTED THE WALLS BEING THERE AT ALL AND YET THIS IS WHAT NUMBERS INDEED THE MAJORITY OF WOMEN DO FIGURATIVELY IN THEIR DEALINGS WITH MEN AND SO DESTROY THEIR OWN HAPPINESS BUT I WANT YOU TO BE WISER CAROLINE REALIZE WHEN YOU EMBARK UPON MATRIMONY THAT YOU WILL HAVE TO PLAY A DIFFICULT GAME WITH THE ODDS ALL AGAINST YOU AND THAT IT WILL TAKE EVERY ATOM OF YOUR INTELLIGENCE TO WIN IT THE PRIZE BEING CONTINUED HAPPINESS YOU MAY REPLY IF CHARLIE REQUIRES ALL THIS MANAGEMENT AND THINKING OVER LET HIM GO I WOULD NOT DEMEAN MYSELF BY PANDERING TO SUCH THINGS AND I ANSWER CERTAINLY IF TO LET HIM GO WILL MAKE YOU AS HAPPY AS TO KEEP HIM BUT IF ON THE CONTRARY IT WILL MAKE YOU PERFECTLY MISERABLE THEN IT WILL BE MORE PRUDENT TO USE A LITTLE COMMON SENSE ABOUT IT ASK YOURSELF THE QUESTION FRANKLY AND THEN SETTLE UPON YOUR COURSE OF CONDUCT
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