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    84 THE GENERAIi EDUCATION OP WOMAN.

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    it this is is not no untried or safe or merel to break y through custom ; . what would same be easy and beneficial easy in all _mi'ht not be so in a few detached eases , _with

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    outset , that man ' s education , , as well as woman ' s , is deeply concerned in re- this act , together question . . What Tlxey cannot degrades be or wholl elevates y left eith apart er , ; infallibl they act y and

    degrades or elevate the other .

    84 The Generaii Education Op Woman.

    84 THE _GENERAIi EDUCATION OP WOMAN .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1860, page 84, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041860/page/12/