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THE POSITION OP WOMAN. 293
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" Whosoever My Shall Brother Do , The An...
to the The will whole of God question . As He is thus bestows referred capacities back , from so will the there scorn be of duties men ;
question and If a God gift His fit of jud the a woman gment capacity because for is any a demand , perchance special for task , the it , it consorts duty is . not not for with man the to
fashion of the world . the In function its last resort of woman , you is will an therefore educational observe one , and that must the question be deter of
mined As matters by the faculties now stand possessed it is certain and their that capacities many , great for branches culture . of
knowled have even ge of are a schoolboy ancient never taug civilization _' s , ht smattering in ladies mathematics 7 of schools the hi ; g that her or social p for hilosop a science woman hy , the , to is languages ,
to be noticed as different from , the rest of her sex ; that while colleges smallest possible exist for provision young men for the after education leaving of school young , women there is when the
their school routine is finished . I maintain that there is no realm of knowledge the peculiar of the
' great perquisite palace of a of man science ; that which there should is not the be remotest closed to corner a woman's entrance that there is no secret in God ' s creation which should be
kept from ; a woman's eye ; and that it is "woman ' s duty and interest to claim her full and unbounded right to which learn . God has decided for
us . Indeed What , this use is would one of it those be for questions us to hold a solemn conclave here to-niht as to whether the sun should rise to-morrow . One might g
had get up better and remain say , " Li hidden ght is dangerous Would it ; not it shows be wiser so many to wait things a little that ,
until we have got out of . the way some things not quite fit to be seen ?" shuld
not Another defer to mi -morrow ght say ' s , " sun Lig until ht blinds our when eyes are it is stronger too strong , lest ; we o should we
fri be A blinded htened third b into mi y g looking ht order argue at in , it the " ? Scarecrows " dark with are ho useful sts and ; witches people ; can when be g
the they g day not lose comes a moral and men restraint see that necessary scarecrows to their are ignorance scarecrows , and , will be
reall Thus y the mi worse ght we for argue the li until ght ?" daybreak , when the stars will fade
before As certainl the perfect y as day God . has answered for us the question education of the
sunriseso has He answered the question of a woman ' s . We discuss , and discuss what subjects a woman should be taught ; to stud
God overrules all discussion , by giving woman faculties y any subject a man can ; and when God gives a faculty He mathematics commands a
culture a fish inve . What stigate say classical the facts literature ? a bird , but cannot do learn facts prove has any sat stud , or y
impossible to woman ? Not so ; the astronomer ' s wife by
The Position Op Woman. 293
THE POSITION OP WOMAN . 293
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1861, page 293, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011861/page/5/
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