The Young Lady's Counsellor by Daniel Wise

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herse.f and little ones by a brutal husband, who
nobly fulfilled all the early promise of his youth
•' Till cursed passion
Came like a sun-slroke on his mid-day toil,
And cut the strong" man down,"
and taught him to forget his vows, waste his means
m profligate dens, and carry unmitigated abuse to
his home, — can she dispense with courage? Can
that widow, bereaved of her husband, and suddenlv
left in poverty, with helpless children to maintain
struggle with her lot without courage ? Can woman
minister to the sick, or endure her own heritage of
sorrow, without it ? Nay, young lady ; courage is as
necessary to you as to a warrior, — and without it
you never can possess genuine self-reliance.
One important use of courage in woman is to ins]tire
the spirit of her father, brother, husband or son
in the hour of trial. Some women sink, and drag
their friends with them, in the hour of trouble. A
father's difficulties are greeted with the tears of his
wife and the lamentations of his da ighters. They
even reflect upon him, and charge his conduct with
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