The Value of Woman
The mother who brought them forth (blind fools!), is she not a woman? And is not the person who reared them a woman? Alas! Why do short-sighted fools pour forth ridicule, crying, " Woman, Woman " ?
What boots it if the child be a son, and what loss if she be a daughter? Happiness, worldly or other-worldly, is conferred by that individual who prospers, son or daughter, it matters not.
The master's heir is no blessing to the family unless he be well-bred and well-behaved too. The daughter who goes forth from one honourable family to another, posterity will call her blessed.
What boots it if the child be a son, and what loss if she be a daughter? Happiness, worldly or other-worldly, is conferred by that individual who prospers, son or daughter, it matters not.
The master's heir is no blessing to the family unless he be well-bred and well-behaved too. The daughter who goes forth from one honourable family to another, posterity will call her blessed.
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