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Modesty Treated as One of the Lost Arts

Permodestus. "Modesty Treated as One of the Lost Arts." New York Saturday Press. 30 Sep. 1865: 130.
Type: 
newspaper
Genre: 
editorial
Abstract: 

A letter to the editor praising modesty as a virtue, and indirectly claiming that it is currently less present in human society. The author argues that modesty is specifically important (and beautiful) in young maidens. Written in vague and delicate style.