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... outnumber those on the “ Culture of the Intellect , ” and the “ Culture of the Will ,
” it can only be said that the American nation are far more liable to overlook the
former than the latter two , and that the number of pages covered is by no means
...
... outnumber those on the “ Culture of the Intellect , ” and the “ Culture of the Will ,
” it can only be said that the American nation are far more liable to overlook the
former than the latter two , and that the number of pages covered is by no means
...
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Such is the material , physical and mental , which we have to fashion into
womanhood by means of education . But is it not manifest in the outset , that no
system based on European life can be adequate to the solution of such a
problem ?
Such is the material , physical and mental , which we have to fashion into
womanhood by means of education . But is it not manifest in the outset , that no
system based on European life can be adequate to the solution of such a
problem ?
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However true it may be , that life itself , by means of daily exigencies , will shape
the Will into habits , will develop to some extent the intelligence , and that the
forces of nature will fashion the body into maturity ; we apply the term Education
only ...
However true it may be , that life itself , by means of daily exigencies , will shape
the Will into habits , will develop to some extent the intelligence , and that the
forces of nature will fashion the body into maturity ; we apply the term Education
only ...
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... upon which the philosopher thus accosted them : ' Enter , ' said he , “ boldly , for
here too there are gods ! " " Following so ancient and wise an authority , I also
say to myself in speaking of these things which seem small and mean : Enter ...
... upon which the philosopher thus accosted them : ' Enter , ' said he , “ boldly , for
here too there are gods ! " " Following so ancient and wise an authority , I also
say to myself in speaking of these things which seem small and mean : Enter ...
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... into Readinesses , and use it as a good English word , we should then have a
term under which to group many arts of which a fully educated woman should
have some knowledge - I mean cooking , sewing , sweeping , dusting , etc .
When a ...
... into Readinesses , and use it as a good English word , we should then have a
term under which to group many arts of which a fully educated woman should
have some knowledge - I mean cooking , sewing , sweeping , dusting , etc .
When a ...
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THE EDUCATION OF AMERICAN GIRLS. CONSIDERED IN A SERIES OF ESSAYS. ANNA C. BRACKETT Vista completa - 1874 |
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Página 94 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel 13 light. XV.— I WANDERED LONELY. 1804. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud...
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Página 80 - ... laugh By precept only, and shed tears by rule. Thy Art be Nature ; the live current quaff, And let the groveller sip his stagnant pool, In fear that else, when Critics grave and cool Have killed him, Scorn should write his epitaph. How does the Meadow-flower its bloom unfold ? Because the lovely little flower is free Down to its root, and, in that freedom, bold ; And so the grandeur of the Forest-tree Comes not by casting in a formal mould, But from its own divine vitality.
Página 338 - Patient endurance Attaineth to all things ; Who God possesseth In nothing is wanting; Alone God sufficeth.