A Solemn Appeal - James White

Chapter 9
Sentimentalism
I am acquainted with a number of cases where
the women have thought their marriage a
misfortune. They have read novels until their
imaginations have become diseased, and they live
in a world of their own creating. They think
themselves women of sensitive minds, of superior,
refined organizations.
They think themselves great sufferers, martyrs,
because they imagine their husbands are not so
refined, not possessing such superior qualities that
they can appreciate their own supposed virtue and
refined organizations. These women have talked of
this, and thought of it, until they are nearly maniacs
upon this subject. They imagine their worth is
superior to that of other mortals, and it is not
agreeable to their fine sensibilities to associate with
common humanity.
The women of this class have had their
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