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She has not the sense to see that, if she were really gifted, nothing on earth could keep her from being individual, and that, if she is not so, to try to push forward her commonplace ideas only clogs the wheels of progress for the general company. SHE HAS NOT THE SENSE TO SEE THAT IF SHE WERE REALLY GIFTED NOTHING ON EARTH COULD KEEP HER FROM BEING INDIVIDUAL AND THAT IF SHE IS NOT SO TO TRY TO PUSH FORWARD HER COMMONPLACE IDEAS ONLY CLOGS THE WHEELS OF PROGRESS FOR THE GENERAL COMPANY
 egotism; and when seen in a grown woman casts a very poor reflection upon those who had the charge of her bringing-up from earliest childhood. If you are shy, Caroline, take yourself sternly to task, analyze what makes you so, and overcome it. Bashfulness and shyness are as great faults as boldness, and perhaps cause more unhappiness. The antithesis of shyness is bumptiousness, and this also comes from egotism; it is a different expression of the same fundamental fault. Try to eradicate the root if you have a tendency to either of its demonstrations. There are all sorts of modern philosophers (in petticoats mostly, but still some of them are _men!_) who, with more or less subtle reasoning, are trying to inculcate an idea of the necessity of individualism in all women. They urge _every unit_ to express her individuality, with the result that the average female, who is little higher than the animal world in intelligence, and not half so endowed with instinct, is becoming a perfect bore! SELF AT ALL IT IS VANITY AND EGOTISM AND WHEN SEEN IN A GROWN WOMAN CASTS A VERY POOR REFLECTION UPON THOSE WHO HAD THE CHARGE OF HER BRINGING UP FROM EARLIEST CHILDHOOD IF YOU ARE SHY CAROLINE TAKE YOURSELF STERNLY TO TASK ANALYZE WHAT MAKES YOU SO AND OVERCOME IT BASHFULNESS AND SHYNESS ARE AS GREAT FAULTS AS BOLDNESS AND PERHAPS CAUSE MORE UNHAPPINESS THE ANTITHESIS OF SHYNESS IS BUMPTIOUSNESS AND THIS ALSO COMES FROM EGOTISM IT IS A DIFFERENT EXPRESSION OF THE SAME FUNDAMENTAL FAULT TRY TO ERADICATE THE ROOT IF YOU HAVE A TENDENCY TO EITHER OF ITS DEMONSTRATIONS THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF MODERN PHILOSOPHERS AND PETTICOATS MOSTLY BUT STILL SOME OF THEM ARE MEN WHO WITH MORE OR LESS SUBTLE REASONING ARE TRYING TO INCULCATE AN IDEA OF THE NECESSITY OF INDIVIDUALISM IN ALL WOMEN THEY URGE EVERY UNIT TO EXPRESS HER INDIVIDUALITY WITH THE RESULT THAT THE AVERAGE FEMALE WHO IS LITTLE HIGHER THAN THE ANIMAL WORLD IN INTELLIGENCE AND NOT HALF SO ENDOWED WITH INSTINCT IS BECOMING A PERFECT BALL
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