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and utterl is y unable ignorant to of distinguish _6 v _§ h _fchfe names the iibtes of Half of our our most wild fam flowers iliar ,
British birds . Some souls there are that liveand breatheand die
, , , Scarce knowing more of Nature ' s potency Than what they learn from heat , or cold , or rain ,
Or sad vicissitude of weary pain . t f What he ascina ear can ting and be kind t the he of ima reason knowled ina of tion ge this ; and app strange e _opening aling as _neglect it such does of a to boundless the the most eye ,
field for , observation g and discovery , ? If I be not greatly mistakenwe have not far to seek for the solution of this
in ob problem jects the li is , , for considered t of it a dead app , ears a langua t lea to st e in fa g t -h eneral ose t t laws he educa sc and ience tion records , too N are a muc tural to h
besough g t in silent books , ins g tead , of being- studied in their m native ountain element where , — they in the are WobdMhd breathed , _tjtie forth hed in living ow , and characters on the
b by A every cons true tan flo , t w er wled , bir ge atient d , of and _Natural communion insect . History with is n onl ature y to be obtained except
in y those rare cases p where there is inclination and , opportunity , a ssis d t evote ance of a whole a ualified lifetim teac e to her one not pursuit onlin , the will lecture require -room the
or the study , but q above all in the , open y air . Where then are we me to that find it or would prepare be a an class office of peculiarl such teachers y adapted ? It to app women ears to
rem fro speaking m ark their that , their m natural love of the habits of Nature num of erous . observation _Moreover works on , Natural it and is , worth genera History y ll of y ,
especially oil the any subject of Botany , which have recently issued , from the have been written by women . This
circumstance alon press e tends , to prove that their _tastes often lie in Mbat direction .
that Now there it is is ah a great admitted want fact of , emp becoming loyment each for daf educated more females obvious . ,
Could not these two wants be made to rneet , and in some one measure hand , thoug the need h partiall of competent y , to satisf teach y each ers of other Natural —viz ., History on th _& "
whose and , on previous , the other education , the demand wotildin for some emp degree _loyment have by persons ared ,
them for that peculiar study ? , I allude more especiall , prep y to the daughters of professional men and others " whoin man
instances , find it a hard struggle from their limited , income to y provide for the maintenance of their families and the expensive
education necessary for their sons , and are _& erefoi * e 'utterly
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1864, page 384, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081864/page/24/
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