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PRAISE OF WOMEN
Literally a woman is a female human. She is a wife, a mother, and the better half of man.
According to some writers the qualities of a good woman include ,
kindness, empathy, ambition, determination and loyalty. She is also expected to be decent, respectful
and compassionate.
The French writer Victor Hugo (1802-1885) said “No one knows
like a woman how to say things which are at once gentle and deep.”
I found one of the best descriptions
about women in Italian Revolutionary Joseph Mazzini’s essay “The Duties of Man.”
He was born on 22 June 1805 and died on 10 March 1872. His main aim was the
unification of Italy.
Mazzini wrote : The angel of the Family is Woman. Mother,
wife, or sister, Woman is the caress of life, the soothing sweetness of affection
shed over its toils, a reflection for the individual of the loving providence
which watches over Humanity. In her there is treasure enough of consoling
tenderness to allay every pain. Moreover for everyone of us she is the
initiator of the future.
He adds : The mother’s first kiss teaches the child love; the
first holy kiss of the woman he loves teaches man hope and faith in life ; and
love and faith create a desire for perfection and the power of reaching towards
it step by step; create the future, in short, of which the living symbol is the
child, link between us and the generations to come. Through her the Family,
with its divine mystery of reproduction, points to eternity.
Finally, an anonymous quote about a strong woman :” A strong woman
knows she has strength enough for the journey, but a woman of strength knows it
is in the journey where she will become strong. “
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G. R. Kanwal
30 JUNE 2024
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