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    No . 79 . % M

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    In a period like the present of mental activity and improving reason , when every ancient opinion is brought to the crucible , every established usage submitted to the test , —when prejudices , however hoary , superstitions , however venerable , are alike subjected

    to critical examination , —when a new era appears to be approaching , in which sages rather than conquerors shall govern the world , it seems but just and reasonable , that more attention than has hitherto been bestowed , should be given to the claims of one-half of the human species , whose influence upon society and manners , though often misdirected , has never been denied .

    Man , it must be allowed , seduced by his passions and misled by his imagination , is in the habit of considering woman , not as his fellow , equal , and companion , of the same species , differing only in sex ; appointed to run the same course of mental and moral discipline , to develope similar faculties and powers , and rise with him in the scale of existence : to be the mother of his

    offspring , his help-mate and friend ; to accelerate with him the progress of knowledge and civilization ; but as the mere slave of his convenience , creature of his senses , idol of his fancy , and toy of his leisure hours . To this end has every varied form of female education and culture been hitherto directed , and for this purpose

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    ON FEMALE EDUCATION AND OCCUPATIONS .

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    I tell thee , boy , thy friend is one Like thee—he did those waters taste—Thou hast not sipped—he drank ; whereon He nauseated : for all the chaste , Pure stream rejected that , and rolled To cheer the world , illume the blind : — The world drew back : —a dungeon-hold And chains , that nature vainly bind .

    There are , who'd teach thee , if they could , To shiver , shrink , recoil , and creep : They'd turn to ill each drop of good , And o ' er thee charitably weep . They'd teach thee of thy father ' s shame , Not tell it : —bid thee humbly bend To them : —though ' tis another name They piously with counsel blend .

    Time , chance , life , keep thee from their hold : God keep thee from their charity . Their warmth yields only blighting cold : Their pity but enslaves the free . They'd crush the flowers which heaven hath lent To adorn—oh ! they become thee well ! Dumb , beautifully eloquent ! Nature ' s pure-passioned child , farewell !

    Pel . Verjuice ,

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    On Female Education and Occupations . 489

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1833, page 489, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2618/page/49/