Memoirs of the Beauties of the Court of Charles the Second, With Their Portraits 2
Memoirs of the Beauties of the Court of Charles the Second, With Their Portraits 2
Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860
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It is impossible to study history without admitting, that the political influ- ence of women has been great in all ages ; it has been modified by the difference of manner and the degree of intelligence, — it has been more or less ostensible, more 142 TH£ DUCHB88 OV POETSMOUTH. or less mischievous, — ^but at all times it* has been great, and it increases with the progress of civilization and the difTnsion of knowledge. It is not in these days that we are to listen to common-places out of the Spe...ctator and the Ecole des Femmes. Let it be granted, that ^ women are formed for private life alone ;" but in that privacy — in our nurseries and boudoirs, are inculcated and directed the principles and opinions of those men who are to legislate for the haj^iness and wd&re of nations. This species of indirect influence increases with the spread of eivihzation and intelligence ; it cannot be denied — ^it can^ not be suppressed : is not the next alternative to render it beneficial to society?
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