7.—“... one permitted end ...”
“The function of child-bearing has been exaggerated to an utterly disproportionate degree in her life; it has been made her almost sole claim to existence. Yet it is not the true purpose of any intellectual organism to live solely to give birth to succeeding organisms; its duty is also to live for its own happiness and well-being.”—Ben Elmy (“Studies in Materialism,” Chap. III.).
Id. ... “... not a moth with vain desire
Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire,
Or but subserves another’s gain.”
—Tennyson (“In Memoriam,” LIV.).
XVII.
5.—“... aspirations crushed ...”
“I have found life a series of hopes unfulfilled and wishes ungratified.”—(Dying words of a talented woman.)
6.—“... purblind pride ...”