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FEMALES DECIDE MORALS-EXAMPLE OF MARY LYON-HER
SEMINARY-HER THREE THOUSAND PUPILS-SKETCH OF ONK
OF THEMA HUNDRED THOUSAND TEACHERS CONVERSION OF
PUPILS — HER INFLUENCE EQUALS THAT OF ANY STATESMAN-
HANNAH MORE-CONCLUSION,
CHAPTER V.
A GIRL'S MISSION.
FOR WHAT SPHERE SHALL A GIRL PREPARE? - GIRLS HAVE A
MISSION AS REALLY AS BOYS SHE IS QUALIFIED FOR ERRANDS
OF MERCY- TESTIMONY OF LEDYARD OF MUNGO PARK-OF A
FUGITIVE FROM THE OLD JERSEY PRISON-SHIP-LABORS OF SA-
RAH HOFFMAN, MISS DIX, MRS. FRY, AND COUNTESS OF HUNT-
INGDON-OF MRS. JUDSON, HARRIET STEWART, ETC.-LINES OF
MRS. SIGOURNEY — A SISTER'S POWER OVER AN INSANE BROTH-
ER HER INFANT IN HIS ARMS THE OFFICE OF NURSE RE-
MARKS OF MRS. OSSOLI-THE OFFICE OF TEACHER - REMARKS
OF DR. WAYLAND - SIXTY THOUSAND TEACHERS WANTED-
REMARKS OF MARY LYON HER LIFE AS TEACHER-MRS. RE-
BECCA MOTTE-MANUAL EMPLOYMENT-MISSIONARY WORK-
HOME DUTIES-PREPARATION FOR THESE QUALIFIES FOR OTHER
SPHERES "WOMAN'S RIGHTS"-JOAN OF ARC AND ABBY KELLY
FOSTER-MARY LYON-POETRY,
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CHAPTER VI.
A GOOD DAUGHTER.
CONNECTION BETWEEN A GOOD DAUGHTER AND TRUE WOMAN-
MARY LYON AN EXAMPLE OF FILIAL LOVE AND OBEDIENCE-
LETTERS TO HER MOTHER-THE SAME WHEN HIGHLY DISTIN-
GUISHED SOME CHILDREN ASHAMED OF HUMBLE PARENTS
WHEN THEY THEMSELVES BECOME RICH OR FAMED CONFI-
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DENCE IN HER MOTHER'S PRAYERS-ADDISON'S REMARK-DISO-
BEDIENT DAUGHTERS MAKE UNLOVELY WOMEN THE ROMAN
TULLIA-SOME MEN UNDUTIFUL-DAUGHTER TURNING MOTHER
OUT OF DOORS-A ROMAN MOTHER NURSED IN PRISON BY HER
DAUGHTER-THE DAUGHTER OF CAZOTTE-LATE MARRIAGE OF
VICTORIA'S DAUGHTER-GIRL IN NEW YORK WHO OFFERED TO
DISPOSE OF HER TEETH TO AID PARENTS-INCIDENT RELATED
BY REV. MR. JAMES-LINES,
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CHAPTER VII.
A TRUE SISTER.
THE FRATERNAL TIE-MARY LYON AS A SISTER-HER BROTH-
ER'S FAMILY LINES SHE PUT INTO HIS WIFE'S HAND — GRIEF
AT HIS DEPARTURE FOR THE WEST-LETTERS TO HER SISTER
AND BROTHER-ASSISTANCE TO HER SISTERS TO HER NIECES-
IF GIRLS WOULD BECOME TRUE WOMEN THEY MUST BE TRUE
SISTERS-RELATION TO BROTHERS FAILURE AS SISTERS AT
HOME FORESHADOWS FAILURE ABROAD REMARK OF DR. AL-
COTTOF WASHINGTON IRVING-OF ANOTHER WRITER-HEN-
RY MARTYN — STRIKING EXAMPLE OF A SISTER'S INFLUENCE-
WHAT DO THESE FACTS SHOW? - THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH EX-
POSING HER LIFE FOR HER SISTER- - WIFE OF INTAPHERNES
SAVED HER BROTHER INSTEAD OF HUSBAND FROM DEATH-
SISTERLY FIDELITY INDICATES OTHER VIRTUES" BE KIND TO
THY BROTHER," 86
CHAPTER VIII.
AMIABILITY.
A JEWEL IN MARY LYON'S CHARACTER-NO GIRL SHOULD BE
WITHOUT IT—A SELFISH, JEALOUS, PEEVISH, ENVIOUS, VIOLENT
SPIRIT, INCONSISTENT WITH IT-REMARKS OF HANNAH MORE —
OF REV. J. A. JAMES-EXAMPLE OF OCTAVIA-OF MARGARET
WINTHROP -LETTER TO HER HUSBAND A WAGER ABOUT
WIVES IN A BAR-ROOM, WITH ITS RESULTS,
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CHAPTER IX.
MODESTY.
ITS CHARM CONCEDED BY ALL NATIONS-SAMARITAN AND SYR-
IAN LADIES - VIEWS OF WRITERS JAMES DR. ALCOTT-
BOLDNESS DESTROYS FEMALE INFLUENCE-THE SCRIPTURES ON
THE SUBJECT-WOMEN OF THE BIBLE-MARY LYON WAS MOD-
EST AN UNASSUMING SCHOLAR A HUMBLE WOMAN THE
NEW ENGLAND BEAUTY AT HOME AND ABROAD THE DAUGH-
TER OF DR. BUMEY AND HER FAME-THE WIFE OF PRESIDENT
POLK, AND LINES OF MRS. STEPHENS-WIFE OF JOHN ADAMS AND
HER LETTER MOTHER OF WASHINGTON GATHERING OF
FRENCH AND AMERICAN OFFICERS AT FREDERICKSBURG,
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CHAPTER X.
CONSCIENTIOUSNESS.
MARY LYON'S PUPIL ON A JOURNEY — HER CONSCIENTIOUSNESS
THE RESULT OF HER TEACHER'S COUNSELS - MARY LYON'S EX-
AMPLE IN THIS REGARD SHE WAS CONSCIENTIOUS IN GIRL-
HOOD- SOME ARE CONSCIENTIOUS ONLY IN CERTAIN THINGS-
AN AMUSING CASE IN POINT-MARY LYON AS CONSCIENTIOUS
IN CHOOSING DRESS OR BONNET AS IN KEEPING THE SABBATH -
A BEAUTIFUL TRAIT HELEN WALKER WOULD NOT LIE TO
SAVE THE LIFE OF A SISTER-INSCRIPTION ON HER MONUMENT—
ABSURD TO SAY DECEPTION IS EVER NECESSARY GIRLS OF
POLICY CONTRASTED WITH MARY LYON GENTEEL LYING
A WIFE'S NOBLE STAND FOR THE SABBATH-ITS BENEFITS, 119
CHAPTER XI.
MENTAL CULTURE.
REMARK OF FENELON. DR. SPRING AND DR. OSGOOD SHOWING
DEFECTS IN EDUCATION OF GIRLS - ACCOMPLISHMENTS THE
RAGE- "SHOWING OFF"- MIND CLAIMS RESPECT-DAUGHTER
OF MITCHELL THE ASTRONOMER, AND THE GOLD MEDAL
SCHOOLS WHERE THEY ONLY STUDY AND RECITE ERRONEOUS
VIEWS OF GIRLS ON THE SUBJECT-A MERCHANT'S WIFE, AND
A POOR SPELLER-DAUGHTERS OF THE RICH AND POOR-
POLISHED CORNER-STONES, OR BEAUTY AND STRENGTH-MISS
EDGEWORTH AND HANNAH ADAMS-LATTER PREPARED YOUNG
MEN FOR COLLEGE - MISS HERSCHEL, MARY DWIGHT, AND OTH-
ERS SELF-CULTURE-GIRLS MUST DEPEND MORE ON IT THAN
BOYS ABIGAIL ADAMS AN ILLUSTRATION-SOME GIRLS WITH
POOR ADVANTAGES EXCEL GRADUATES OF OUR SEMINARIES-
THE CULTURE OF THINKING -FEW INVENTIONS BY WOMEN-
SELF-CULTURE DID MOST FOR MARY LYON-READING — DID
MUCH FOR TWO LITERARY WOMEN-GIRLS READ NOVELS AND
LOVE-STORIES-MARIA ANTOINETTE-BAD INFLUENCE OF NOV-
ELS POLLOK HOW GIRLS SHOULD READ - COLERIDGE'S
FOUR CLASSES OF READERS "FINISHING" EDUCATION - DR.
RUSH AND THE TWO PHYSICIANS-MENTAL CULTURE AN ORNA-
MENT,
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CHAPTER XII.
POLITENESS.
REMARKS OF A WRITER-FALSE VIEWS OF IT-MARY LYON PO-
LITE HER POLITENESS AN INCIDENTAL QUALITY -NEVER
MAKE IT A DISTINCT ACT IMPROVEMENT OF MIND AND
HEART-GIRLS TOO OFTEN AFFECTED AND NOT POLITE-AN
EXAMPLE-IMPOLITENESS OF "POLITE LADIES"-A LADY IN
CONGREGATION A CASE IN PHILADELPHIA-A FEMALE
IN THE OMNIBUS-WHAT IS TRUE POLITENESS HERE-WORDS
OF ANOTHER,
THE
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CHAPTER XIII.
VANITY.
VANITY INCOMPATIBLE WITH FOREGOING QUALITIES - GIRLS DIS-
POSED TO BE VAIN-THE WORLD A VANITY FAIR- ONE VAIN
OF BEAUTY, ANOTHER OF DRESS, ETC. ANECDOTE BY HOWITT
-VANITY CONSIDERED A SMALL FAULT-HOW PARENTS TEACH
IT-WHAT L'AIME MARTIN SAYS OF FRANCE TRUE OF AMER-
ICA-LINES OF POLLOK — REMARKS OF DR. MAGOON — VANITY
HINDERS SUCCESS BY DWARFING THE MIND AND CORRUPTING
THE HEART-EXAMPLE OF MARY LYON-OF PRINCESS CHAR-
LOTTE-INCIDENT IN LIFE OF THE LATTER-THE SHAWL WORTH
THREE THOUSAND GUINEAS - JOSEPHINE - CORNELIA, THE
MOTHER OF THE GRACCHI-REMARKS OF ROLLIN-VANITY A
WEAKNESS AND SIN, 151
CHAPTER XIV.
FASHION.
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REMARK OF CECIL-DEVOTION OF FEMALES TO FASHION -GREAT
MEN AND WOMEN DID NOT HAVE FASHIONABLE MOTHERS- THE
DAUGHTER OF HENRY LAURENS -MARY LYON ON "WEARING
THIN SHOES AND COTTON HOSE "GIRLS KILLING THEMSELVES
FOR FASHION TESTIMONY OF PHYSICIANS - DR. COGAN-A
WASTE OF TIME-A LADY AT A HOTEL - WHAT MRS. OSSOLI
SAW-FASHION DESTROYS TASTE FOR INTELLECTUAL AND MOR-
AL THINGS-ENGENDERS SELFISHNESS-SICK ROOM AND BALL
ROOM-SACRIFICES MADE FOR FASHION-OF MONEY AND LA-
BORTORTURES ENDURED FOR IT, AS EARS BORED, FEET
PINCHED, BODIES SQUEEZED AFRICAN WOMEN THE CHI-
NESE INHABITANTS OF NEW GUINEA OUR FASHIONABLES
LIKE THEM-SUCH REGARD TO FASHION A BARRIER TO SUC-
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CESS-POETRY,