Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1838-03-28
AROMA
From the Journal Of Pubhe Moras
A BROTHERS. GIFT;
Female Education.
on LsrrEa. To SISTER, DIT nRoTnRK.


Desr Sis,er-From the ex,ensiyeness Of female
Influence have Inferred. lst. The great rcsponsi-
biity Of woman and. ID. The Importance ofto-
male purity. Another inference also suggests il.
self. To this shall now call your attention. ],
10 this -
80. From what has been said ofemalc influence
] infer, Tie importance of Female Education.
Il is important that females DO educated. wei
and rightly educated that their influence he OF
the tg ht kind, and that they may Know how 10 use
their influence 10 the bos, advantage. l, is impor-
,snt for themselves for their husbands and chill
drcn cor their associates. and for society at large
Without education a woman IL unfit for compan.
Il ION wife or = mother. She may be beautiful but
,bs can please but for a moment for her beauty Is
oerisbing, and will soon fade away. finer under
standing be not improved her beautiful face cannot
conceal tie deformi,y of her mind.
Her mind ycs-womsn has a mind-a mind Of
angelic mould Her intellectual powers are scarce
lv if At all inferior to those ofihe Steiner Sex
and sby has she such a mind : Why did God be-
STOW unon her such an intellect Why has he
made her capable of climbing the bill OF science
Of tt.yersing the field Of knowledge Of calling
IN, sowe, Of literature , Surely not that these
noble and exalted gifts should be neglected, these
talents buried in the RUBBISH ofignorance or vast
id in the pursuit of VANITY. God has formed moth
inc il vain. When he endowed woman with al
most an angels powers. he designed these powers
should be cultivated. And cultivated they should
he lust as ex,ensiyely they can that che may be
qualified to discharge, with honor to berseiI-to The
glory o, God and the good ofthe world-the ardu
ous d.tie. devol,ng upon her,
Yet, strange as i may seein, custom that pos"
or more potent than lsw-custcm has imposed al
almost insupersL.e barrier TO the education OF wo-
man. While the means Of education have beer
81 & ho ,fbpr almost moth.
ING hs, been done for the cultivation of female ~
A ,ellec,. As the diamond beneath the sand so th'
mird woman has been suffered TO lie unpublished
unimpro,ed IT. beauties have been hid lis WORT
unkown Yet some females have broken over al
the Restraints imposed by custom and correct pub
\ lie sentiment, md urged their way 10 Intellectual
enhance. Tho names Of sode of your se
aow. and VIII ever shine IS bright as stars IN lh
constenAtion Of the learned They ore ornamon'
10 their eek ard blessings 10 the world. L"ni
viii their memar. be chcrished-yea. they shsil b
Il had 10 everlasting remembrance. Bnt when ic
mai. hiss thus surrnouuted every difficulty whic
h..e,. her path and bee ote emn' nj IN the liera
world, che has, Dot uutroquonily, been locke
upon asa wandering star which has iotssEen },
orbit, glorious indeed bot entirely out OF place. 7
stem the tile Of popular opinion, under such CIR
eumsiAnces, tss required the foiutude o. nero an
the consianey of martyr. y" marvel thet con-
p.r.tiyely few have yen,ufcd tie unequal contest
The greater honor 10 these few. Their trump
has been greater their victory more complete
lie, the inoense n our admiration be given then
Let their memory be blessed
The fact 10. pobhe sentiment, in relation 10 f
male e5eesuon. has been and 10 great ez'an
s,li is wtong-sefy wrong. How prevalent h'
the melton been, snd how pfestlsnt j. II It'll, Tn
women uesA bot ht,,e ltIfring, unless they 81
peci 70 be teachers, II young lsdy Gao read a.
write. eypSer lil,le. and knowss huie gfsmms
Why this Nill DO yer, sci for fouHd'uou ; al
thsss sns,terirg q painting, music, dancing 4
Abishes the fsbre Of Der education How ny qas
fed is woman thus educated, TO al the Do
sphere Ia Which God dessgued her 10 move Ito
,iy qualified 10 discharge the important QUA
eoDstsuliy eesoiUng uPos Der, Puslie sen'imei
IDps, be corrected before the aind Of woman %,
rscslve all the attention which ate Doble birth.
i9porAn, destiny and the responsibility fss'if
spsS ns pfoisssoF. demand. May that eerreelis
- spsssiiy hsgrH sHs ,riuaFhss' Ia ne Psesrs'
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