Thoughts on Self-culture, Addressed to WomenWm. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1851 - 464 pagine |
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... the public , with an earnest prayer that the good it may effect be in some degree com- mensurate with their aim and endeavors . LONDON , January , 1850 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. PART I. PAGE GENERAL VIEW OF PREFACE . vii.
... the public , with an earnest prayer that the good it may effect be in some degree com- mensurate with their aim and endeavors . LONDON , January , 1850 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. PART I. PAGE GENERAL VIEW OF PREFACE . vii.
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... earnest usefulness , and a higher patriotism . By this influence given to women , the Creator provided against their sinking into the mere passive instruments of man's will . They must , indeed , depend on his power , but whatever he ...
... earnest usefulness , and a higher patriotism . By this influence given to women , the Creator provided against their sinking into the mere passive instruments of man's will . They must , indeed , depend on his power , but whatever he ...
Pagina 3
... earnest and purifying sentiment , he desires to see kindling human hearts with more than an evanescent glow . And of those altars women are the Heaven - appointed guardians . Such is the law of nature ; but the power thus given may be ...
... earnest and purifying sentiment , he desires to see kindling human hearts with more than an evanescent glow . And of those altars women are the Heaven - appointed guardians . Such is the law of nature ; but the power thus given may be ...
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... earnest and warm though the zeal of women undoubtedly is in the cause of religion , we are equally distressed to see so little that denotes a beneficial influence . We find women foremost in the strife of party fanaticism . We see them ...
... earnest and warm though the zeal of women undoubtedly is in the cause of religion , we are equally distressed to see so little that denotes a beneficial influence . We find women foremost in the strife of party fanaticism . We see them ...
Pagina 8
... earnest views of life ? Are they less selfish , less frivolous , less worldly ? In this age of boasted enlightenment are they led to love knowledge for some- thing more than its market value , to feel that expansion of soul that earnest ...
... earnest views of life ? Are they less selfish , less frivolous , less worldly ? In this age of boasted enlightenment are they led to love knowledge for some- thing more than its market value , to feel that expansion of soul that earnest ...
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