The Measure of a Man by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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the family table and the family hearth.
Yet there certainly is a restless feminine minority, who declare, both by precept and example, Family Life to be a servitude. Alas! They have not given themselves opportunity to discover that self-sacrifice is the meat and drink of all true affection. But women have learned within the last two decades to listen to every side of an argument. Their Club life, with its variety of "views," has led them to decide that every phase of a question ought to be attentively considered. So I do not doubt that my story will receive justice, and I hope approval, from all the women--and men--that read it. Affectionately to all, AMELIA E. BARR. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE GREAT SEA WATERS 1 II. THE PEOPLE OF THE STORY 18 III. LOVE VENTURES IN 39 |
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