Thoughts on Self-culture, Addressed to WomenWm. Crosby and H. P. Nichols, 1851 - 464 pagine |
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... facts and general laws.- Error of rejecting the use of reason . Common sense . Nature of proof . - Demonstra- tive evidence ; why not attainable in moral questions . - Proba- bility . Different subjects require different kinds of proof ...
... facts and general laws.- Error of rejecting the use of reason . Common sense . Nature of proof . - Demonstra- tive evidence ; why not attainable in moral questions . - Proba- bility . Different subjects require different kinds of proof ...
Pagina 3
... fact , so often commented on by the satirist , only proves the general truth , that influence exercised without the restraint of moral principle is dangerous in proportion to its power ; and it should likewise be remembered , before we ...
... fact , so often commented on by the satirist , only proves the general truth , that influence exercised without the restraint of moral principle is dangerous in proportion to its power ; and it should likewise be remembered , before we ...
Pagina 5
... facts so universally known , but because , having seen what that influ- ence is by the law of Nature , and what it may become , either for good or for evil , we are better enabled to search for evi- dence of its character in our own day ...
... facts so universally known , but because , having seen what that influ- ence is by the law of Nature , and what it may become , either for good or for evil , we are better enabled to search for evi- dence of its character in our own day ...
Pagina 6
... 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 intend to touch upon that of the avowedly dissipated or ...
... 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 intend to touch upon that of the avowedly dissipated or ...
Pagina 10
... influence , we find two facts which , in our opinion , seem sufficiently to account for the evil . These are a defective education , and an inactive existence , which , except when immersed in nursery cares 10 GENERAL VIEW OF.
... influence , we find two facts which , in our opinion , seem sufficiently to account for the evil . These are a defective education , and an inactive existence , which , except when immersed in nursery cares 10 GENERAL VIEW OF.
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