Transcriber's Note:
- Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.
- Ambiguous hyphens at the ends of lines were retained.
The Blight of Respectability / An Anatomy of the Disease and a Theory of Curative Treatment
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An argumentative essay that diagnoses respectability as a social malady rooted in bourgeois gentility and responsible for hypocrisy, moral cowardice, and social stagnation. The author defines the term, traces its pathology, and examines its gendered manifestations alongside links to morals, cultured gentility, plutocracy, and provincial life. Drawing on illustrative examples and critical analysis, the work argues that respectability encourages duplicity, commercial dishonesty, and the suppression of originality. It concludes by proposing social and intellectual remedies intended to restore sincerity, courage, and forward movement in individual and public life.