Strictures On The Modern System Of Female Education Volume 1

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Excerpt from Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education: With View of the Principles and Conduct Prevalent Among Women of Rank and Fortune It may be all'o ob'ected that the opinion here fu gelled on the {late 0 manners among the higher cia es of our country-women, may feem to controvert the jufl: encomiums of modern travellers, who generally concur in afcribing a decided fuperiority to the la dies of this country over thqfe of every other. But fuch is, in general, the {late of foreign manners, that the comparative praife is almoli an injury to eaglj/b women. T 0 be flattered for excelling thofe whol'e fiandard of excellence is very low, is but a degrading kind oi commendation for the value of all praile de rived from fupcriorityfaepends on the worth of the competitor. The character of Britilh ladies, with all the unparalleled advantages they pofl'efs, mull. Never be determined by a comparifon with the women of Other nations, but by conrparing them with what they themfelves might be, if all their talents and unrivalled opportunities were turned to the bell: account. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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