Thoughts on Self-culture, Addressed to Women |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 43
Page xiii
... Observations . - Nature of mental training ; should be the object of early education ; mere instruction does not ... observation , its value in educating - Sect . 3. Attention . - Some studies more favorable than others for training ...
... Observations . - Nature of mental training ; should be the object of early education ; mere instruction does not ... observation , its value in educating - Sect . 3. Attention . - Some studies more favorable than others for training ...
Page 16
... observations re- fer to one small class of persons only . We wish it were so ; but although a constant round of society and amusement is cer- tainly not within the reach of all , the same absence of any rational occupation prevails ...
... observations re- fer to one small class of persons only . We wish it were so ; but although a constant round of society and amusement is cer- tainly not within the reach of all , the same absence of any rational occupation prevails ...
Page 26
... observation and reflection , some knowledge of the human mind , of the feel- ings and passions by which it is moved , and of the principles by which it should be governed ; for it is not by unarmed champions that the hydra - headed ...
... observation and reflection , some knowledge of the human mind , of the feel- ings and passions by which it is moved , and of the principles by which it should be governed ; for it is not by unarmed champions that the hydra - headed ...
Page 35
... observations appear to us to establish clearly two important and inseparably connected facts , namely , the ne- cessity of a better education for women , and the necessity of grounding that education on a more comprehensive view of ...
... observations appear to us to establish clearly two important and inseparably connected facts , namely , the ne- cessity of a better education for women , and the necessity of grounding that education on a more comprehensive view of ...
Page 62
... observe how slowly and laboriously he learns first to distinguish the characters , next to assemble them into syllables , then to connect the syllables into words , and , finally , to catch the meaning of sentences which our experienced ...
... observe how slowly and laboriously he learns first to distinguish the characters , next to assemble them into syllables , then to connect the syllables into words , and , finally , to catch the meaning of sentences which our experienced ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action active affections Archbishop Whately attain attention bad education beauty become belong cation character Christian conscience consequences considered contemplation course cultivation daily Dugald Stewart duty earnest erally error evidence evil excitement exer exercise exertion existence facts faculties feeling female fluence frivolous give habits happiness heart higher human ignorance important impulse indolence influence intellect judgment knowledge labor latter less ligion Lord Bacon love of truth marriage means ment mental method mind mode moral moral character moral constitution mother motives nature necessary needlework neglect ness never object olous opinions ourselves passion passive perhaps pleasure position practical prejudices principles purest feelings purpose pursuits quired reason regard relations religion religious result rieties sense social society spirit sympathy things thought tical tion tone trifling true uncon vidual virtue weak whole woman's women words worldly young
Popular passages
Page 367 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention; or a shop, for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 112 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature.
Page 420 - Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand.
Page 109 - On which ground, too, let him who gropes painfully in darkness or uncertain light, and prays vehemently that the dawn may ripen into day, lay this other precept well to heart, which to me was of inValuable service: "Do the Duty which lies nearest thee," which thou knowest to be a Duty ! Thy second Duty will already have become clearer.
Page 367 - But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge. For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction ; and mort times for lucre and profession...
Page 204 - Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
Page 397 - And therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things.
Page 394 - Where the bright Seraphim in burning row Their loud uplifted angel-trumpets blow. And the Cherubic host in thousand quires Touch their immortal harps of golden wires. With those just spirits that wear victorious palms. Hymns devout and holy psalms Singing everlastingly: That we on earth with undiscording voice May rightly answer that melodious noise; As once we did.
Page 420 - Let not then your good be evil spoken of: for the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
Page 318 - ... far it is ours; without that, it is but so much loose matter floating in our brain. The memory may be stored, but the judgment is little better, and the stock of knowledge not increased, by being able to repeat what others have said, or produce the arguments we have found in them.