I walked about the chamber most of the time.

I imagined myself only to be regretting

my loss, and thinking how to repair it; but when my reflections were concluded, and I looked
up and found that the afternoon was gone, and evening far advanced, another discovery
dawned on me: namely, that in the interval I had undergone a transforming process; that my
mind had put off all it had borrowed of Miss Temple or rather that she had taken with her the
serene atmosphere I had been breathing in her vicinity and that now I was left in my natural
element; and beginning to feel the stirring of old emotions. It did not seem as if a prop were
withdrawn, but rather as if a motive were gone: it was not the power to be tranquil which had
failed me, but the reason for tranquility was no more. My world had for some years been in
Lowood: my experience had been of its rules and systems; now I remembered that the real
world was wide, and that a varied field of hopes and fears, of sensations and excitements,
awaited those who had the courage to go forth into its expanse to seek real knowledge of life
amidst its perils (Bront: 93)
Bront, C. (1847) Jane Eyre. London: Smith, Elder & Co
The passage occurs towards the end of the first volume of the novel and the events
described take place on the afternoon of Miss Temple's wedding, after she has left Lowood on
her honeymoon. The action has moved on by eight years from the preceding chapter and Jane
is now eighteen and a teacher at the school. By the beginning of the next chapter she will be
on her way to Thornfield to begin the next phase of her life, as a governess. In the course of
the passage, Jane reflects on her present situation and begins to realise that she has reached a
real crossroads in her life. Miss Temple has been a role model and a profound influence on
Jane as she progressed from being a school-girl to a teacher. Jane knows that she will miss her
superior's support, but, at the same time, she comes to believe that the serenity that Miss
Temple created around her, and in which Jane has happily existed for eight years, is not
altogether true to Jane's nature. Her thoughts, which are a kind of psychological self-analysis,
have taken her through a transforming process', and this process leaves her in her natural
element'. Jane has, therefore, been denying her natural inclinations and feels that she no longer
needs to be tranquil but can allow herself to experience the stirring of old emotions.

This helps us to explain why an organised women's movement first emerged in

certain parts of the western world and was slow to develop in others. It was associated with the
United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and the Scandinavian countries. These societies
shared certain key features - an Anglo-Saxon, Protestant culture combined with comparatively
liberal, parliamentary political systems. Even here, however, women's route into the public
arena was indirect at first. Women participated to an unusual extent in the activities of several
Christian groups such as Quakers and Unitarians; this often led them into moral reform
campaigns organised by men - for example, the abolition of the slave trade, temperance
societies and international peace. In the hard-drinking frontier societies of Australia, New
Zealand and the American West the women's movement was closely associated with the
temperance cause. In Britain temperance was less central but it certainly gave many women
practical experience of public work and influenced the tactics of the suffrage campaigns later
in the century.
History

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In the hard-drinking frontier societies of Australia, New Zealand and the American
West the women's movement was closely associated with the temperance cause. In Britain
temperance was less central but it certainly gave many women practical experience of public
work and influenced the tactics of the suffrage campaigns later in the century. It was
associated with the United States, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and the Scandinavian
countries. Women participated to an unusual extent in the activities of several Christian groups
such as Quakers and Unitarians.

But unlike smartphones, cars are not generally a high-margin business. If an Apple
car venture quickly reached the size of, say, Porsche, it would boost operating profit by a
mere 5 per cent, notes Henry Blodget of Business Insider. To generate a more substantial gain
of 20 per cent, it would have to create something with the size, market strength and high-end
appeal of BMW, he adds.
Miller, B. (2015) The Globe and Mail. Apples proven track record makes Titan
auto project an intriguing bet, 2
The Apple Cars, what the media has taken to calling the electric car project that's
rumored to be in development at Apple under the code name "Project Titan." Therefore, it is
presumable that an Apple car should fulfill the features of a high-end car, as BMW, in order to
generate a substantial gain.