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without its pale , and in too many cases have been harassed by its interfe ** renoe . The ablest defenders of Christianity , against the learning and the arguments of unbelievers , have been Nonconformists ; and even Paley , and many have followed his example , did little more than abridge and select from Lardner * s * ' Credibility of the Gospel History . " The poor were totally neglected till Wesley and Whitfield arose for their instruction . In the great work of Christian beneficence , the Church has only followed , or endeavoured to obstruct . Many excellent men have existed , and much
good has been done , in her communion ; but little indeed of that good or excellence can be traced to the fact of her establishment . The immense resources which might easily suffice for the universal diffusion of useful education and moral training , have done little more than aid that political preponderance and pecuniary aggrandizement which must at last yield to the voice and the interests of the people . Let the Church hasten to begin its own reformation ; let it acquire the right and the power of reforming itself , by renouncing its dependence on the State ; let it throw aside the weight of political advantages , to run the race of spiritual usefulness ; let its faith and forms follow religious knowledge in its constant advance ; and then , if it have wisdom and virtue sufficient—which we wish , but dare not hope—it may experience a glorious transformation ; the corruptible and corrupted will put on incorruption ; it will die as a National Church to revive as a Church of Christ ; and all good men will wish that its life and its gloiy may be immortal .
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** Every thing , " says Fashion ; " she must have a tincture of all knowledge and science , and be mistress of all the elegant accomplishments . " •* Women are none the better for your new-fengled fancies , " says the remnant of the Old School ; " we do not want professors and artists in
petticoats ; let them make puddings and shirts , and learn to take care of the house . " Truth may lie , not between , but beyond > these two doughty antagonists . What says Common Sense ? And first , what are the distinctive duties of women ? Waving all minor and all contested points , it is clear that the early education of children of both sexes , is , in a great degree , in the hands of the mother . Common Sense has then to determine what kind
and degree of intellectual attainment is requisite or desirable in the early education of children * " I should hope , " says the silly mother , " that I can teach them their A , B , C , and if I could not , somebody else might ; after that , I can send them to school , or the girls may have a governess and
masters at home . " To this there are thrqe things to be objected ; and we should say , in the first place , " What you have to teacfr is not the . A , B , C , nor is it so very easily taught . Secondly , if you do , pot ; understand it yourself , neither can you choose another who does ; and , in the third * place , you have not done with your child when you pejid him to school—your
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526 What sfiQuld a Woman Learn ?
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WHAT SHOULD A WOMAN LEARN ?
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1831, page 526, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2600/page/22/
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