The Higher Education of WomenA. Strahan, 1866 - 191 páginas |
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... marriage , or by some sort of vague marriage of the whole race . The conception of character which rests on the broad basis of a common human- ity falls into the background , and there is substituted for it a dual theory , with ...
... marriage , or by some sort of vague marriage of the whole race . The conception of character which rests on the broad basis of a common human- ity falls into the background , and there is substituted for it a dual theory , with ...
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... marriage character'd in gold Upon the blanched tablets of her heart ; A love still burning upward , giving light To read those laws ; an accent very low In blandishment , but a most silver flow Of subtle - paced counsel in distress ...
... marriage character'd in gold Upon the blanched tablets of her heart ; A love still burning upward , giving light To read those laws ; an accent very low In blandishment , but a most silver flow Of subtle - paced counsel in distress ...
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... marry the sort of women they like . But looking upon the infinite variety of wives to be met with in society , could any one generalise from them a model wife , who might serve as a pattern to educators ? Would any man wish for a wife ...
... marry the sort of women they like . But looking upon the infinite variety of wives to be met with in society , could any one generalise from them a model wife , who might serve as a pattern to educators ? Would any man wish for a wife ...
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... but between leaving school and marriage there is usually an interval of at least three or four years , if not a much longer period . These years a youth spends , as has been before said , in prepa- THINGS AS THEY ARE . 41.
... but between leaving school and marriage there is usually an interval of at least three or four years , if not a much longer period . These years a youth spends , as has been before said , in prepa- THINGS AS THEY ARE . 41.
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... marriage , for which women were created , they are but adopt- ing the received sentiment of society . No doubt , too , they honestly believe that , in keeping their daughters to themselves till they marry , they are doing the best thing ...
... marriage , for which women were created , they are but adopt- ing the received sentiment of society . No doubt , too , they honestly believe that , in keeping their daughters to themselves till they marry , they are doing the best thing ...
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Página 9 - I call therefore a complete and generous education, that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices, both private and public, of peace and war.
Página 23 - Man's chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever.
Página 167 - For woman is not undevelopt man, But diverse : could we make her as the man, Sweet Love were slain : his dearest bond is this, Not like to like, but like in difference. Yet in the long years liker must they grow ; The man be more of woman, she of man ; He gain in sweetness and in moral height, Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world ; She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care, Nor lose the childlike in the larger mind ; Till at the last she set herself to man, Like perfect music unto...
Página 21 - WE receive this child into the congregation of Christ's flock, * and do sign him with the sign of the cross, in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner, against sin, the world, and the Devil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end.
Página 31 - Madonna-wise on either side her head, Sweet lips whereon perpetually did reign The summer calm of golden charity, Were fixed shadows of thy fixed mood, Revered Isabel, the crown and head, The stately flower of female fortitude, Of perfect wifehood and pure lowlihead.
Página 21 - Baptism doth represent unto us our profession; which is, to follow the example of our Saviour Christ, and to be made like unto him; that, as he died, and rose again for us, so should we, who are baptized, die from sin, and rise again unto righteousness; continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living.
Página 142 - When Jane was young, I used to teach her some Latin with her brothers, and that has been, I think, of real use to her, and she feels it now in reading and translating German, of which she does a great deal. But there is nothing for girls like the Degree Examination, which concentrates one's reading so beautifully...
Página 48 - We could not do every day out of our own heads all we have to do. We should accomplish nothing, for all our energies would be frittered away in minor attempts at petty improvement.
Página 9 - The end then of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright, and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him, as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith, makes up the highest perfection.
Página 36 - Are they to be regarded, and to regard themselves, primarily as children of God, members of Christ, and heirs of the kingdom of heaven...