Thoughts on Self-culture Addressed to WomenSimpkin, Marshall & Company, 1872 - 379 pagine |
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Pagina iii
... facts and general laws , 106. - Error of rejecting the use of reason , 106. - Common sense , 108. - Nature of proof , 110.- Demonstrative evidence ; why not attainable on moral questions , 111. - Probability . - Different subjects ...
... facts and general laws , 106. - Error of rejecting the use of reason , 106. - Common sense , 108. - Nature of proof , 110.- Demonstrative evidence ; why not attainable on moral questions , 111. - Probability . - Different subjects ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
Pagina 4
... facts so universally known ; but because , having seen what that influence is , by the law of Nature , and what it may become , either for good or for evil , we are better enabled to search for evidence of its character in our own day ...
... facts so universally known ; but because , having seen what that influence is , by the law of Nature , and what it may become , either for good or for evil , we are better enabled to search for evidence of its character in our own day ...
Pagina 5
... 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 dissipated or ...
... 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 dissipated or ...
Pagina 9
... 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 , is vacant and aimless ; the one frittering away the ...
... 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 , is vacant and aimless ; the one frittering away the ...
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