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If she has had children, they have grown up under the wretched conditions of an atmosphere of partisanship for either parent. IF SHE HAS HAD CHILDREN THEY HAVE GROWN UP UNDER THE WRETCHED CONDITIONS OF AN ATMOSPHERE OF PARTISANSHIP FOR EITHER PARENT
n the respect of the world, a great position, and the material advantages will count more than the romantic part of love. [Illustration: “_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.” REMEMBER IS THAT YOU WILL NOT ALWAYS BE YOUNG AND THAT MANY YEARS OF YOUR LIFE WILL PROBABLY BE PASSED WHEN THE RESPECT OF THE 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
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