To be so bent on Marriage - to pursue a man merely for the sake of situation - is a sort of thing that shocks me; I cannot understand it. Poverty is a great Evil, but to a woman of Education and feeling it ought not, it cannot be the greatest. I would rather be a teacher at a school (and I can think of nothing worse) than marry a man I did not like.

Summary

This quote highlights the speaker's astonishment at the idea of marrying someone solely for the sake of financial stability or societal pressure. The speaker implies that although poverty is undesirable, it should not outweigh the importance of a woman's education and emotions. They express a preference for being a school teacher, despite disliking the occupation, rather than entering into a loveless marriage. Overall, the quote emphasizes the speaker's refusal to compromise their personal values and desires for the sake of conventional expectations.

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