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THE INIEXUENCE OF CLASSICAL LITER ATUKE....
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is stated that in all delicate handicrafts men do the same . Thus , of those who learn to niake watches and watchmaker ' s tools not
onefifth continue in the trade ; and in the decoration of that delicate ware called Bohemian lassby far the greater portion of
apprentices ive it on account g of , natural unfitness . It is the customs of society g which up sustain the prejudice against literary women . When
Dr the . street Aikin . ¦ published " I particularl his y " Miscellaneous admire , " said the Pieces orator , " Fox , comp met limenting him in
him , " your essay on Inconsistency . " " That , " said Aikin , "is my sister ' s" " Ah wellI like that on Monastic Institutions . " " That
Fox is also bowed . hers , " himself replied , away the honest . Had man public : and feeling in a tumult been of rig confusion ht , how
gracefull ability , how y he g mi ladl ght y mi have ght congratulated that brother have the seen brother her on excel his himself sister ' s .
This sister was that Mrs . Barbauld who afterward did such womentality manly serv which ice , that found we feel vent tempted in that to rh forg ymed ive nonsense the early , fit concluding of senti- ,
" Your The best manner , your s , of sweetest men hav emp e ire th is eir to educational please . " influence . The
tics quiet , or turning science aside are ' discussed from women ; the when common matters saying of , business " What , have
poliwomen to do with that ? let them mind their knitting , or their house affairs" the short answer when an interested question is
asked" You ; wouldn't understand it if I told you : " all these depress and enervate , andeven if not kenthe irit of them animates
all social life , . " , Men are susp spo icious , , " wrote sp Dr . Alexander , in 1 790 " that a rational education would open the eyes of women ,
and promp , t them to assert the rights of which they have always _closed been deprived for ever . " therefore But education the time could has come not to be claim withheld these nor ri eyes hts . g
; The Sorbonne is already asked why it confers degrees upon women ivdth ecture one -room hand with , while the it quietl other y locks Need Margaret we inquire Fuller what out influence of Arago it ' s
. vould f all societies have upon devoted society to if natural all literature history and and mathematics scientific opportunities if all col- ,
, eges and public libraries the world over , were thrown open to _roman ?
In inferior circles where no leading minds preside it would be as t is ; now , there would be much idle prating , much foolish delay ,
nuch _genius , inconsequent to listen when discussion wisdom , speaks but woman . She chatters is quick come to to to be know recognise sure the in he of foolsbut when earnest men
alue presence of her enthusiasm , they will never be willing to lose it . When he _jDen great door will be of surprised the scholarl to y see and the scientific crowd retreat ready is to once enter thrown , and
_rheii you the sexes kindle into intellectual life together many a woman ' s oals will be modestly laid upon an lionored altar , and the flames
dll rise all the higher because they have been so fed .
The Iniexuence Of Classical Liter Atuke....
THE _INIEXUENCE OF _CLASSICAL LITER ATUKE . 397
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1860, page 397, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021860/page/37/
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