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Vol. IX. May 1, 1862. ISTo. 51.
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XXVII.—SCIENCE FOE, WOMEN". +
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One of the chief points of good husbandr...
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The
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PUBLISHED MONTHLY .
Vol. Ix. May 1, 1862. Isto. 51.
Vol . IX . May 1 , 1862 . _ISTo . 51 .
Xxvii.—Science Foe, Women". +
XXVII . —SCIENCE FOE , WOMEN " . _+
One Of The Chief Points Of Good Husbandr...
_One of the chief points of good husbandry , perhaps the most Important of allTusser's " Five Hundred / ' is to suit the seed to the soil ; and
he would be deemed an unwise farmer indeed who should sow the same plants alike in sand and clayin the moist meadow and on the
, bleak hill-side , and then , wherever that one crop would not nourish , should condemn the ground where it failed as barren and worthless .
The tillers of material soil have better judgment than this _; and while the Englishman glories in his imperial wheatthe Scot knows that
, in his more humid clime he must be content with the humbler oat ; and in the flooded fields of India , where neither of these will grow ,
the Hindoo yet casts his bread upon the waters , and finds it after many days on ripened stalks of rice . Where one sowing fails ,
another is tried ; and only when no root will strike , nor grass , nor grainnor fruit of any kind will flourish , is the curse of barrenness
, considered to have fallen upon the earth . There is something analogous to this in education , so far as boys
are concerned . In very early youth , perhaps , among the numbers congregated in large schools , less attention can be paid to
individual capability or requirement than might be desirable , but from the first the grand selection can be made between a commercial or
a classical education ; and no sooner is childhood past than the important question of the choice of a profession is brought forward , and
according to its decision the reasoning powers of one youth or the fancy or eloquence of another , are cultivated ; the slow , plodding nature of
this individual , and the restless activity of that , peculiar promptness of perceptionor unusual patience in investigationare all taken into
account , and determine , what particular pursuit each , shall follow , and what kind of further training he shall receive .
But how far is the like wisdom shown with regard to girls ? The difference of taste and talent is as great as in the other sex , yet ,
instead of adapting the education to the individual , is not the attempt of education generall and y made the number to fit the of individual " Extras / 7 to beyond the Procustean the ordinary bed
rather necessaries hy the of ; purse _learnings of the to parent be foun than d in each by the school capacit bill y of , determined the child ? .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1862, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051862/page/1/
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