Thoughts on Self-culture Addressed to WomenSimpkin, Marshall & Company, 1872 - 379 pagine |
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... virtue , and whose high purposes must often thwart the passions and low objects of mankind , is necessarily exercised and acknow- ledged within a more limited circle ; whence it follows , that woman's purer sway is apparently more ...
... virtue , and whose high purposes must often thwart the passions and low objects of mankind , is necessarily exercised and acknow- ledged within a more limited circle ; whence it follows , that woman's purer sway is apparently more ...
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... virtue , that moral purity of wisdom , which should be breathed into the young spirit from a mother's lips ! In every sphere , then , of woman's exertions , whether in private or in social relations , we find that the result of her ...
... virtue , that moral purity of wisdom , which should be breathed into the young spirit from a mother's lips ! In every sphere , then , of woman's exertions , whether in private or in social relations , we find that the result of her ...
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... virtue of the law which has assigned to them greater strength , greater courage , greater vigour of mental as well as bodily constitution . To this law the weaker must necessarily submit : and though the consideration of the points in ...
... virtue of the law which has assigned to them greater strength , greater courage , greater vigour of mental as well as bodily constitution . To this law the weaker must necessarily submit : and though the consideration of the points in ...
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... virtue , and the responsibilities of religion ! While such is woman's first practical lesson in life , how can the due fulfilment of subsequent obligations be expected of her ? Whatever earnestness or strength of character she does show ...
... virtue , and the responsibilities of religion ! While such is woman's first practical lesson in life , how can the due fulfilment of subsequent obligations be expected of her ? Whatever earnestness or strength of character she does show ...
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... virtue against a scoffing world , if they are henceforth taught to shudder at the thought of that world's censure , to bow to every caprice of its opinion , and to dread independence of character as ridi- culous or shocking ? But it ...
... virtue against a scoffing world , if they are henceforth taught to shudder at the thought of that world's censure , to bow to every caprice of its opinion , and to dread independence of character as ridi- culous or shocking ? But it ...
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