The Young Lady's Counsellor by Daniel Wise

166 THE YOUNG lady's COUNSELLOR
" The brave man is not he who feels no fear,
For tliat were stupid and irraUonal ;
But he whose nohle soul ..is fear subdues,
And brav(Uy dares the danger nature shrinks from."
Nor is it necessary for you to be led into extraoi
dinary circumstances, to learn or to practise courage
If it were, you might despair of acquiring it, since
" Small occasions in the path of life
Lie thickly sown, v/hile great are rarely scattered."
Therefore, seek to be brave in the affairs of youi
girlhood. Overcome the timidity of your sex, by
undaunted resolution to meet and conquer all difficulties
that may arise, and you will
be the possessoi
of a second element of self-reliance.
A third spring of this essential quality is a consciousness
of ability to support yourself by the fruil
of your own labor.
Listen to the advice of
a noble Carolinian, Henry
Laurens, who had nursed his daughters in the lap
of luxury and refinement, but who, by the reverses
of fortune, found himself a prisoner in the Tower of