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Updated: May 2, 2025

This difficulty, however, need not be permanent, though at first it is inevitable. A woman's mind, too, is less liable to it; as, however thoughtful her nature may be, this thoughtfulness is seldom strengthened by habit. She is seldom called upon to concentrate the powers of her mind on any intellectual pursuits that require intense and long-continuous thought.

Anonymous - The Young Lady's Mentor: A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends