he lighter is this load, from her being excluded, by
her silence, from the supports of sympathy. On whom shall she cast her
cares? If there are motives, which forbid the disclosure to human ears,
of the sword that is cutting the bare fibre of her frame, and piercing
her heart, to whom shall she go for strength?

But not the outward man, alone, or chiefly, causes the severe trials of
this sex. Their Feelings are acute; they are peculiarly sensitive to the
circumstances, events, and influences, of this world. The winds of
adversity, which to the stern spirit of man, seem but a passing breeze,
prostrate her to the earth?

"To feel and to suffer," says one of this sex, "are synonymous, with
woman." This may exaggerate the strict truth, and yet it is doubtless
substantially correct. Some of the noblest virtues of her sex imply
great sensibility. What gives fortitude, in her case, such illustrious
merit? Her extreme susceptibility of suffering. The blow, from which the
gnarled oak will rebound, shall crush the frail dahlia. Why is patience
a prime grace in woman? Not only because she has such burdens laid on
her spirit, but still more for the reason that she feels so keenly their
weight. Whence is it that tenderness, and a reliant dependence,
qualities which, in their excess, unfit man to grapple with this tough
world, and are therefore censured in him, as effeminate, are her
ornament and praise? Her native sensibility qualifies her for these and
their kindred virtues, and without them, we deem her an apostate from
her sex.

It would not be too strong an expression to say, that woman _lives_ in
the realm of feeling. Her life is not that outward thing, which it so
often appears. Beneath a calm exterior she sometimes bears an heart full
of disquietude and sorrow. Would you extend her the hand of gratulation?
Be first sure that you can discern the interior of her being. You may
else admit sunbeams to a plant already scorched with heat, and demanding
the waters of sympathy. Consider, too, that as are her griefs, such is
her fortitude. Hence, without question, we sometimes regard her as bowed
and overwhelmed by some worldly casualty, who has in her soul a power of
endurance, that gives her angelic strength.

We hear it affirmed that woman is naturally buoyant of spirit, that she
is disposed to enjoy life, and look on its brighter aspects. Let this be
conceded for truth; what does it show, in relation to her sufferings?
That po