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You can be feared and respected, or you can be revered and respected, or you can be outwardly respected and inwardly despised. YOU CAN BE FEARED AND RESPECTED OR YOU CAN BE REVERED AND RESPECTED OR YOU CAN BE OUTWARDLY RESPECTED AND INWARDLY DESPISED
 the mainstay of my basic principle. Never ask your husband questions. If you do, you may be certain he will only tell you the truth when he feels inclined--and one day you will find it out, and then think he is always lying. Do not worry him when he is tired. Never tell him of the petty delinquencies of the servants. Learn to manage these yourself. Do not be egotistical and talk about yourself. Do not recount to him the better position or greater pleasures enjoyed by your friends. But, on the other hand, do not be meek and submissive and without character, pandering to all his weaknesses. Hold your own opinions when they are just and right, and from the very first day inspire him with regard for you as well as love. Let everyone in your new home understand that you mean to deserve their respect, and so will exact its observance. Whether people are respected in their own houses or not lies entirely with themselves, and not with the manners or characters of their relations and servants. FOR YOURSELF WHICH IS THE MAINSTAY OF MY BASIC PRINCIPLE NEVER ASK YOUR HUSBAND QUESTIONS IF YOU DO YOU MAY BE CERTAIN HE WILL ONLY TELL YOU THE TRUTH WHEN HE FEELS INCLINED AND ONE DAY YOU WILL FIND IT OUT AND THEN THINK HE IS ALWAYS LYING DO NOT WORRY HIM WHEN HE IS TIRED NEVER TELL HIM OF THE PETTY DELINQUENCIES OF THE SERVANTS LEARN TO MANAGE THESE YOURSELF DO NOT BE EGOTISTICAL AND TALK ABOUT YOURSELF DO NOT RECOUNT TO HIM THE BETTER POSITION OR GREATER PLEASURES ENJOYED BY YOUR FRIENDS BUT ON THE OTHER HAND DO NOT BE MEEK AND SUBMISSIVE AND WITHOUT CHARACTER PANDERING TO ALL HIS WEAKNESSES HOLD YOUR OWN OPINIONS WHEN THEY ARE JUST AND RIGHT AND FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY INSPIRE HIM WITH REGARD FOR YOU AS WELL AS LOVE LET EVERYONE IN YOUR NEW HOME UNDERSTAND THAT YOU MEAN TO DESERVE THEIR RESPECT AND SO WILL EXACT ITS OBSERVANCE WHETHER PEOPLE ARE RESPECTED IN THEIR OWN HOUSES OR NOT LIES ENTIRELY WITH THEMSELVES AND NOT WITH THE MANNERS OR CHARACTERS OF THEIR RELATIONS AND SERVANTS
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