Steele, Frances Mary, Adams, Elizabeth Livingston Steele, joint author · New York, Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 18
greed that admiration,and consequent love, were theobjects dearest to a womansheart; that the desire for dis-play of natural gifts or acquired possessions wasonly to gain admiration; that pride of intellectwas indulged, in the hope to wield influence, — apower inseparable from the admiration of… … IO BEAUTY OF FORM. love. Then some one wound up by saying: Womans ambition is to be beautiful, for thatsecures inevitably both admiration and love.True, because beauty, ideal beauty, presupposesthe charm of an attractive presence, fine propor-tion, perfect physical condition, intelligence, andmoral…
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