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114 MR. VOJTA NAPRSTEK's LECTUBES IN PRA...
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Mind Among Was One In The The Gentleman ...
one to explain its meaning and its contents . Living in a town b like efore Prague depositing , tire cap these ital and collections very centre in of the Bohemia old , mus he resolved eumto ,
exhibit them , inviting the public to view them , and hear , him . describe themand to try to impress his hearers' minds with the
importance of , the different improvements , by facts and illustrations . Whatever he had bought and collected in all parts of
evidences England , of he what wished had to been place achieved before in the other public countries as so and many as
desiderata in his country , and was anxious on that occasio , n to bring before his countrymen the wretchedness of the present
state of things with regard to women in Bohemia and on the continent in generalwith a view to an improvement of their
, condition , since every nation _^ s future prosperity depends more or less on the satisfactory position of its women .
All the objects were exhibited for two months to the public , in Shooter the ' s Hall Island of . ' the One beautifull can easil y situate believe island that , the called arrang u ing the
of this exhibitionwhich involved y so many expenses and so much timewas trul , y a labour of loveand it is but just to
state that the , arrangements had been made , in the best fcaste . The introductory lecture was delivered by Dr . Antonin Frie _,
prehensiveness who , by a speech and on vi educational gour of mind , matters , full , y evincing deserved great the com com - -
mendations bestowed on him by the audience at the close of . the lecture . We may here mention that Dr . A . Fric is the same gentleman who accompanied Sir Roderick Murchison on
his It geolog would ical not excursions be without in Bohemia interest to , during ive - an last account autumn of . the
manner in which Dr . Fric also at a subsequent g lecture satisfied his audience . But as his lectures were of a general character
we shall confine ourselves to compiling a record of Mr . _iNaprstek's , undertakingas it is reported in the Bohemian " Ndrodni Listy _"
( i . e . National , Journal ) . In his first lecture Mr . _Naprstek introduced some domestic
proceeded utensils , and to having illustrate made their the working ladies acqu by ainted some exp with eriments them ,
which were performed by him most satisfactorily . Whilst speaking of the advantages which were afforded to every
household by the introduction of such improved utensils , he took upon himself the task of refuting the objections which were
which general touched ly made our to dail every y wants innovation . Being , well especiall aware y that innovations it took
a long time to convince people of any truth which went against points their habits against , he which fully objections and patientl were y " raised discussed , drawing the the minutest ladies '
attention to the great waste of time , loss of capital , and the
114 Mr. Vojta Naprstek's Lectubes In Pra...
114 MR . VOJTA _NAPRSTEK _' s LECTUBES IN PRAGUE .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1863, page 114, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101863/page/42/
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