figure in the household was her older cousin John Reed who was unnecessarily cruel to Jane on a regular basis. From very early on, Jane had a keen sense of justice. When Jane, ten years old, was punished because John hit her for no apparent reason other than ego, "no one had reproved John for wantonly striking me; and because I had turned against him to avert farther irrational violence, I was loaded was general opprobrium. 'Unjust! - unjust!' said my reason. Thus she was not bullied into believing that John's actions were right. Possibly the presence of a father
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