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arises from the fear that another does or will enjoy some
advantage
which we desire for ourselves. A man's
jealousy is excited by the attentions of a rival to his
favorite a lady; woman's jealousy is roused by her hus
band's attention to another woman ; the candidate for
office manifests & jealousy of others who seek the same
office ; the jealousy of a student is awakened by the
apprehension that his fellow will bear away the palm
of praise. In short, jealousy is awakened by whatever
may exalt others, or give them pleasures and advantages
which we may desire for ourselves. Jealousy is nearly
allied to envy ; for jealousy, before a good is lost by
ourselves, is converted into envy, after it is obtained by
others." So far, Webster.
I believe it to be a morbid, mean, bad feeling, caused
by poverty, lack of self-esteem, distrust, suspicion, and
a craving for more than we fear we have an honest
right to. It is a feeling every one is ashamed of and
of its badness. It is
disclaims, which is proof enough
everywhere a subject of ridicule, because men are con
scious that it is a shabby feeling. It grows, in most
cases, out of the idea of property in each other. As
long as a man thinks he owns a woman, he will guard
her like any other piece of property, and consider any
intercourse with her a trespass, only so for as he per
mits : and the same of women. As some persons are
born with morbid so others are born
acquisitiveness,
'jealous. But when the doctrine of the sovereignty of
the individual is recognized, and the man abandons the
idea that he owns some woman, or the woman some man,
there will be no more jealousy. Nor can it exist, in
any case, with a full and generous confidence.
" Per-