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CHAPTER VI - SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS,

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 September 2011

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IF it be admitted that the law of human duty is the same for both sexes, and if the specific functions belonging to each demand substantially the same qualities for their performance, it appears to follow that the education required is likely to be, in its broader and more essential features, the same. What that education ought to be has lately been much discussed, but at present without much sign of approaching unanimity. That there should be great difference of opinion is natural, inasmuch as almost every one is inclined to recommend for universal adoption just what he happens to like best himself; while, on the other hand, a few people of a different turn of mind are disposed to undervalue what they possess themselves, and to give extra credit to subjects or methods, the insufficiency of which has not been brought home to them by personal experience. In the education of girls the selection of subjects seems to be directed by no principle whatever. Strong protests are raised against assimilating it to that of boys; but very little is said as to the particulars in which it ought to differ. The present distribution is, indeed, somewhat whimsical.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010
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  • SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS,
  • Emily Davies
  • Book: The Higher Education of Women
  • Online publication: 07 September 2011
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511756443.006
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  • SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS,
  • Emily Davies
  • Book: The Higher Education of Women
  • Online publication: 07 September 2011
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511756443.006
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  • SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS,
  • Emily Davies
  • Book: The Higher Education of Women
  • Online publication: 07 September 2011
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511756443.006
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