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                           IN THIS OUR WORLD


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                           IN THIS OUR WORLD


                        CHARLOTTE PERKINS GILMAN

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                                 BOSTON
                        SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
                               PUBLISHERS




                        _Copyright, 1893, 1895_
                      BY CHARLOTTE PERKINS STETSON

                           _Copyright, 1898_
                      BY SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY


                     _Entered at Stationers’ Hall_


                         _Fifth edition, 1914_




                  WOULD YE BUT UNDERSTAND!
                    JOY IS ON EVERY HAND!
                  YE SHUT YOUR EYES AND CALL IT NIGHT,
                  YE GROPE AND FALL IN SEAS OF LI