Thoughts on Self-culture, Addressed to WomenWm. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1851 - 464 pagine |
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Pagina 2
... exercise . In our own day , if we consider woman's external position only , it is still one of entire subjection . To judge from the rights conceded to her by law in our own country , she seems scarcely to have been considered worthy to ...
... exercise . In our own day , if we consider woman's external position only , it is still one of entire subjection . To judge from the rights conceded to her by law in our own country , she seems scarcely to have been considered worthy to ...
Pagina 4
... exercise of this kind of power is an object of ambition instead of scorn , many minds , otherwise capable of better things , fall into the snare , which , in the absence of all higher aims , tempts their pride and love of power . Hence ...
... exercise of this kind of power is an object of ambition instead of scorn , many minds , otherwise capable of better things , fall into the snare , which , in the absence of all higher aims , tempts their pride and love of power . Hence ...
Pagina 5
... exercise it rightly ; with none , in short , of those thoughts which belong to the sober and elevating view of female influence . This is one of the dark shadows still cast over us by the errors of past times ; the result of the false ...
... exercise it rightly ; with none , in short , of those thoughts which belong to the sober and elevating view of female influence . This is one of the dark shadows still cast over us by the errors of past times ; the result of the false ...
Pagina 6
... exercise of female influence . Let us now examine into facts , and see how far such high expectations are actually realized . First , however , we would premise , that , in examining the in- fluence of women in our own day , we do not ...
... exercise of female influence . Let us now examine into facts , and see how far such high expectations are actually realized . First , however , we would premise , that , in examining the in- fluence of women in our own day , we do not ...
Pagina 7
... exercise , that in which it is naturally strongest and most free to act . But even in that private sanc- tuary of home , woman's boasted empire , and the scene of her most constant action , how much is there to damp our expecta- tions ...
... exercise , that in which it is naturally strongest and most free to act . But even in that private sanc- tuary of home , woman's boasted empire , and the scene of her most constant action , how much is there to damp our expecta- tions ...
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