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116 WHY BOYS ARE CLEVERER THAN GIRLS-
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XVI.—WHY BOYS ARE CLEVERER THAJST GIRLS.
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-C880- We lately asked the clergyman of ...
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Harhieteldest Daughter Of Squire Wycherl...
could not last long * in this state : Mortimer was jilted . Mortimer , the man of the dayMortimerwho had always declared he at least
¦ would take care that , no girl should , jilt him / and yet , when it came , he bore it with wonderful philosophy and resignation . Julia ' s
parents As soon were far it more was mortified at all dece . nt to do soMortimer souht g
out Euphemia , and proposed to her . When Mrs , . Anville heard of thisalbeit of no enthusiastic dispositionshe 'wrote post-haste
to her , cousin , to warn her of Mr . Mortimer , ' s temper . " Be advised in timeEffieI look back on my engagement with him with
horror . You cannot , , think what heaven it is with Mr . Anville's sweet disposition . " Effie straightway shewed this to Mr . Mortimer with a
smile . " Are you not uneasy ? " he asked , "it is the testimony of a victim , you see . "
" I think not , " replied Effie , with soft and _thoroug-h bliss reigning sweetly in her eyes , " any more than I think that / should find it
heaven to have a Mr . Anville . But have you forgiven Julia , Henry 66 Quite ?" , nay , I am so grateful to her , that I am in danger of
loving * her . "
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116 WHY BOYS ARE CLEVERER THAN GIRLS-
Xvi.—Why Boys Are Cleverer Thajst Girls.
XVI . —WHY BOYS ARE CLEVERER _THAJST GIRLS .
-C880- We Lately Asked The Clergyman Of ...
-C _880- We lately asked the clergyman of a neighbouring town , whether
the girls in his parish school , were well instructed in arithmetic ? " They learn a little of it I believe" said he . We observed that it
, was of essential importance they should know it thoroughly , as otherwise it would be impossible for them to obtain employment as
shop girls . " I fear , " he replied , " they can scarcely learn it sufficiently well for that purposethey have not the natural aptitude for
, figures that boys possess ; when I examine the children at the end of the yearall the boys can answer more or -less readilybut only
one or two , of the girls reply at all . " , Conversing further on the subject it appeared that the salary the
master who taught the boys received , was seventy pounds a year , while that of the girls' mistress was only twenty . " She is but a
poor sick creature , " said he , " but what can you expect for so small a salary ? " We agreed with him , it was impossible to procure a
good teacher for so little pay , but we also thought the want of aptitude in the girls fully explained . We will observe , in passing , that
the principle here illustrated extends generally to the education of irls of all ranksfrom the peer ' s daughter to the peasant'sthe cost
of g their instruction , seldom amounting to half that of their brother , ' s ;
it is , therefore , unreasonable to expect them to know half as much ,
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1858, page 116, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101858/page/44/
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