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108 TRAINING OF GIRLS ; OR, THE 1VEXED P...
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< - then t p lie lay position things to have inst g a iven just ead t of o t inion the hem guides , of and their becoine and value advisers ( at as least hum of an men in beings appearance . To that aid ) g they irls the
may fulfil properly op their peculiar tasks in society at large , , is one of tlie reforms now attempted , and the attention of parents ought to
be directed to the various means by which the rearing of girls can be In wisely accom of t p lished the . hardest rock is worn down under the
continual process dripping of w , ater , and so the self-reliant and brave-hearted discouraged among girls b are the rendered constant doubtful iteration of their of capabilities hrases imp , ly ing b inferi ecome
ority and secondariness y . In consequence p of their real value and true position not being held up to them , ( with the serious
responsibilities involved in that position , ) they grow up with false ideas of years is themselves . They they make , of are ot to hers broug themselves , o f t social into a duties con phan tac , t tom an w d it h of orld t human he ; common and life when as every it reall t ri day per y
hardshi working ps one and , troubles it is only of to every be disgus shape ted and wi hue th w . As t are the t value o hem of " _tive girls difference is equal to _OLig that ht nei of t b oys t , ( if be made perl so y unders much tood ofnor , ) their commen distinc ted
-, upon in the foolish manner frequently done in families , especially in ch very ildhood early years the better . The it is more for both nearly boys ties in and aft g irls life are and trained the bes in t p ;
specimens , of men and women are almost always those who have so been much broug insis ht ted up together in our , and modern not divided ideas in of the a lib unseeml eral e y duc fashion ation . upon
Our _sjoace debars us from more than touching on this part of the sound subject , thinkers but we may and remark experienced in passing teachers , that that it is it the would _opinion be an of
improvement on our present system were boys and girls taught , as used to be the case in a few old-fashioned schools , by the same
master and under the same roof . " A maiden danceth at every man ' s door , "
as the German poet sings , and it is a matter of grave importance what kind of maidens we prepare to be the companions of our
. leisure youths ., refined We would artistic have learned girls of th the choose higher classes zealous who in e have ver y
way to , improve , those , around them , . We would , have girls of tlie other classestake into considerationthe possibilities of their '
position , what , kind of duties they may , have to perform , and fit themselves "By activity , diligence , and cheerfulness for their
intelli-. gent fulfilment . likes Cheerfulness a mood , like every laining other companion virtue , may ever be looking cultivated at the ; no dart one
. rather than at tlie , comp bright side , and making , difficulties where noae
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108 Training Of Girls ; Or, The 1vexed P...
108 TRAINING OF GIRLS ; OR , THE 1 VEXED PROBLEM .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1862, page 108, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041862/page/36/
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