| The Young Woman's Guide Contributor(s): Alcott, William A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1162713380 ISBN-13: 9781162713380 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $22.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Reference | Etiquette - Social Science | Women's Studies - Literary Collections |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (0.63 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Now it is precisely this sort of refusal, direct or implied, in a thousand cases which might be named, which brings down evil, not only upon those who make it, but upon others. They mean no, perhaps; and yet it is not certain that the decision is--like the laws of the Medea and Persians--irrevocable. Something in the tone, or manner, or both combined, leaves room to hope for success in time to come. "The woman who deliberates, is lost," we are told: and is it not so? Do not many who say no with hesitancy, still retain the power and the disposition to deliberate? And is it not so understood? |