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           SomesuchboonsasthesewerethebestwhichFortuneallottedtopoorlittleAmelia.Herlife,begunnotunprosperously,hadcomedowntothistoameanprisonandalong,ignoblebondage.LittleGeorgevisitedhercaptivitysometimesandconsoleditwithfeeblegleamsofencouragement.RussellSquarewastheboundaryofherprison:shemightwalkthitheroccasionally,butwasalwaysbacktosleepinhercellatnight;toperformcheerlessduties;towatchbythanklesssick-beds;tosuffertheharassmentandtyrannyofquerulousdisappointedoldage.Howmanythousandsofpeoplearethere,womenforthemostpart,whoaredoomedtoendurethislongslavery?whoarehospitalnurseswithoutwagessistersofCharity,ifyoulike,withouttheromanceandthesentimentofsacrificewhostrive,fast,watch,andsuffer,unpitied,andfadeawayignoblyandunknown.

           ThehiddenandawfulWisdomwhichapportionsthedestiniesofmankindispleasedsotohumiliateandcastdownthetender,good,andwise,andtosetuptheselfish,thefoolish,orthewicked.Oh,behumble,mybrother,inyourprosperity!Begentlewiththosewhoarelesslucky,ifnotmoredeserving.Think,whatrighthaveyoutobescornful,whosevirtueisadeficiencyoftemptation,whosesuccessmaybeachance,whoserankmaybeanancestor’saccident,whoseprosperityisverylikelyasatire.

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