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She is ever conscious of an anomalous position, and has to go through more humiliations than she would have had to do if she had borne bravely the anguishes of the time of trial, and used the whole of her intelligence to better the state of things. SHE IS EVER CONSCIOUS OF AN ANOMALOUS POSITION AND HAS TO GO THROUGH MORE HUMILIATIONS THAN SHE WOULD HAVE HAD TO DO IF SHE HAD BORNE BRAVELY THE ANGUISHES OF THE TIME OF TRIAL AND USED THE WHOLE OF HER INTELLIGENCE TO BETTER THE STATE OF THINGS
ustration: “_A great position will count more than the romantic part of love._”] And if, through your disillusion and disgust, and the pain of broken idols, you permit yourself to act foolishly and with want of dignity at a period when love seems of supreme importance, you will be laying up limitations for yourself. And it is only the fool who lays up limitations for himself or herself. You will not have got love back by acting so, and you will have lost what might have compensated you in the future. Nothing is more pitiful than the position of the woman of forty-five who has made scandals in her youth, quarreled with her husband and broken up her home, just because she herself was unhappy and the man was a brute. She is then left with none of the consolations of middle age. No one considers her; she is spoken of by her friends and relations as “poor So-and-so.” If she has had children, they have grown up under the wretched conditions of an atmosphere of partisanship for either parent. HE WORLD A GREAT POSITION AND THE MATERIAL ADVANTAGES WILL COUNT MORE THAN THE ROMANTIC PART OF LOVE AND IF THROUGH YOUR DISILLUSION AND DISGUST AND THE PAIN OF BROKEN IDOLS YOU PERMIT YOURSELF TO ACT FOOLISHLY AND WITH WANT OF DIGNITY AT A PERIOD WHEN LOVE SEEMS OF SUPREME IMPORTANCE YOU WILL BE LAYING UP LIMITATIONS FOR YOURSELF AND IT IS ONLY THE FOOL WHO LAYS UP LIMITATIONS FOR HIMSELF OR HERSELF YOU WILL NOT HAVE GOT LOVE BACK BY ACTING SO AND YOU WILL HAVE LOST WHAT MIGHT HAVE COMPENSATED YOU IN THE FUTURE NOTHING IS MORE PITIFUL THAN THE POSITION OF THE WOMAN OF FORTY FIVE WHO HAS MADE SCANDALS IN HER YOUTH QUARRELLED WITH HER HUSBAND AND BROKEN UP HER HOME JUST BECAUSE SHE HERSELF WAS UNHAPPY AND THE MAN WAS A BRUTE SHE IS THEN LEFT WITH NONE OF THE CONSOLATIONS OF MIDDLE AGE NO ONE CONSIDERS HER SHE SPOKEN OF BY HER FRIENDS AND RELATIONS AS POOR SO AND SO IF SHE HAS HAD CHILDREN THEY HAVE GROWN UP UNDER THE WRETCHED CONDITIONS OF AN ATMOSPHERE OF PARTISANSHIP FOR EITHER PARENT
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