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CHAPTER XV. CONCLUSION.
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the preceding pages it has been my endeavour not so much to lay down hard-and-fast rules for observance in the matter of dress, as to explain the reason why certain principles are beneficial while others are harmful. By teaching the physiology of the subject it has been my desire to lead women to think for themselves, and until they do so no permanently good results can be obtained.

It is a favourite saying on the part of men, that "women do not know how to reason," and in a certain sense this is true; not, however, because women are devoid of the faculty of reasoning, but simply because they are too lazy to use those faculties with which Nature has endowed them.

Of course it is easier to ask advice and to follow it blindly than to think out a course of action for oneself; but it is not only degrading, but dangerous to do so; and although advice may with advantage be frequently sought from those wiser and more experienced than ourselves, it should always be carefully weighed and considered before it is accepted.