Thoughts on Self-culture Addressed to WomenSimpkin, Marshall & Company, 1872 - 379 pagine |
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Pagina 5
... examine into facts , and see how far such high expectations are actually realized . First , however , we would premise , that in examining the influence of women in our own day , we do not intend to touch upon that of the avowedly ...
... examine into facts , and see how far such high expectations are actually realized . First , however , we would premise , that in examining the influence of women in our own day , we do not intend to touch upon that of the avowedly ...
Pagina 7
... examining woman's social position , and ascertaining what is wrong in that , what injustice she suffers from , what evils she is made to bear which do not belong to her natural condition , and how far these have contributed to cripple ...
... examining woman's social position , and ascertaining what is wrong in that , what injustice she suffers from , what evils she is made to bear which do not belong to her natural condition , and how far these have contributed to cripple ...
Pagina 33
... examine our moral nature , under another aspect , —- namely , in its capacity for happiness . It has been asserted in all ages , that the end of man's being is happiness ; and to doubt this whilst believing in the perfect beneficence of ...
... examine our moral nature , under another aspect , —- namely , in its capacity for happiness . It has been asserted in all ages , that the end of man's being is happiness ; and to doubt this whilst believing in the perfect beneficence of ...
Pagina 41
... examine the claims of these upon their time ; for , it is evident , that the demands of society must always be very limited in comparison , and may , generally , be regulated by our own tastes and habits . It is not uncommon to hear ...
... examine the claims of these upon their time ; for , it is evident , that the demands of society must always be very limited in comparison , and may , generally , be regulated by our own tastes and habits . It is not uncommon to hear ...
Pagina 50
... examine what powers we are endowed with that may aid us in that task of progressive improvement , imposed , as we have seen , by a law of our being . Any systematic inquiry into the powers of the human mind is , indeed , far beyond the ...
... examine what powers we are endowed with that may aid us in that task of progressive improvement , imposed , as we have seen , by a law of our being . Any systematic inquiry into the powers of the human mind is , indeed , far beyond the ...
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