Thoughts on Self-culture Addressed to WomenSimpkin, Marshall & Company, 1872 - 379 pagine |
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Pagina 7
... lives of men , in the midst of all that is stirring and earnest in the present development of knowledge and activity ; and the causes of this deficiency deserve to be carefully sought . This inquiry might be carried on in two ways : the ...
... lives of men , in the midst of all that is stirring and earnest in the present development of knowledge and activity ; and the causes of this deficiency deserve to be carefully sought . This inquiry might be carried on in two ways : the ...
Pagina 10
... live ? What was blameless in a former generation , is culpable in them ; and in as much as the modern system of education tends to hide real incapacity , and to blind us to its blameable results , in so far as it makes a false show and ...
... live ? What was blameless in a former generation , is culpable in them ; and in as much as the modern system of education tends to hide real incapacity , and to blind us to its blameable results , in so far as it makes a false show and ...
Pagina 12
... not what it should be ? The more earnest the lives of men , the less , we repeat , can they be influenced by frivolous women . The only real wonder is , that the moral NOT CONFINED TO FASHIONABLE CIRCLES . 13 results should not.
... not what it should be ? The more earnest the lives of men , the less , we repeat , can they be influenced by frivolous women . The only real wonder is , that the moral NOT CONFINED TO FASHIONABLE CIRCLES . 13 results should not.
Pagina 14
... lives in the eye alone . They see and are , dazzled , or they see and are flattered ; and their choice- the irrevocable choice for life - is made . Those things , there- fore , are cultivated which can best attract such a choice ; showy ...
... lives in the eye alone . They see and are , dazzled , or they see and are flattered ; and their choice- the irrevocable choice for life - is made . Those things , there- fore , are cultivated which can best attract such a choice ; showy ...
Pagina 17
... live by twining their graceful tendrils round some noble tree , have been put forth as representing the true relations between man and woman . Unfortunately , such writers are apt to confound weakness with tenderness , and gentleness ...
... live by twining their graceful tendrils round some noble tree , have been put forth as representing the true relations between man and woman . Unfortunately , such writers are apt to confound weakness with tenderness , and gentleness ...
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