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Article DESCRIPTION OF THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO. ← Page 3 of 3 Article ON FEMALE EDUCATION. Page 1 of 2 →
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Description Of The Kingdom Of Morocco.
drudgery , to avoid the disci pline of the knotted whip . Their lodging at night is a subterraneous dungeon , five fathoms deep , into which they descend by a rope-ladder , afterwards drawn up , and the mouth ot the prison fastened with an iron grate . They are dressed in a kind of uniform , consisting of a long coarse woollen coat , with a hood , serving for cap , shirt , coat , and breeches . To crown their
misery , these iii-fated persons are harnessed in carts with mules and asses , and more unmercifull y lashed , than their brute companions , for every the least fault or intermission from labour , though owino-, perhaps , to fatigue and languor , from the severity of business , hunger , and thirst But the cruelties exercised over'these unfortunate wretches exceed all power of belief or description .
On Female Education.
ON FEMALE EDUCATION .
T \/| "ANY , very many , and very good essays , have been written on iVJL the subject of education ; and , if they had met with the wished for success , it would have been needless to have said a word more : however , my mite is at the service of the ladies , the fashion of whose dress I shall not meddle with , but confine my pen entirely to the topic of education .
By education , then , I mean the teaching young minds those things , which , by nature , they have no idea of- and without which they would be wholly unbiassed . Education naturall y has a tendency to some particular end ; , and reason tells us that end should be the good of the person taught ; which must be determined by the same reason , whereever there is no better liht to guide us . Consider wethenthe
g , , present method of educating our daughters abstractedly from our duties as Christians ; and let us , with all gentleness , see whether the pretty creatures are not unhappily biassed , to theirs , and their future families' misfortunes , through the mistakes of their parents , by thatvery education , which reason tells us should be the greatest preservative against their making a wrong judgment of things .
Gay as our present race of females are , they would be shocked , should we pretend to doubt they hoped to see " their daughters lead the lives of virtuous wives ; no less would it shock them ( as , indeed , it ought ) should we suppose them capable of seeing , with unconcern , the ruin of their children ; but greater still would be their trouble , should we prove them the authors of their children ' s future misfortunes
. Whilst we are in tins world , there must be different ranks of men ; and some by birth , and others by fortune , will have a superiority over the rest of mankind : but let us be great , or let us be little , decency requires we should play the part allotted ; and it is as ridiculous in real life , for inferiors to ape their superiors , as it is in the footman on the stage to mi . mick the fine gentleman , his master . But is not the
same done in real life i Are not our daughters undisti ' nguishabl y educated ? Are not the first things taught , pleasure and expence _ And do vr : i not seem so much afraid of wronging our taste for . politeness ,
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Description Of The Kingdom Of Morocco.
drudgery , to avoid the disci pline of the knotted whip . Their lodging at night is a subterraneous dungeon , five fathoms deep , into which they descend by a rope-ladder , afterwards drawn up , and the mouth ot the prison fastened with an iron grate . They are dressed in a kind of uniform , consisting of a long coarse woollen coat , with a hood , serving for cap , shirt , coat , and breeches . To crown their
misery , these iii-fated persons are harnessed in carts with mules and asses , and more unmercifull y lashed , than their brute companions , for every the least fault or intermission from labour , though owino-, perhaps , to fatigue and languor , from the severity of business , hunger , and thirst But the cruelties exercised over'these unfortunate wretches exceed all power of belief or description .
On Female Education.
ON FEMALE EDUCATION .
T \/| "ANY , very many , and very good essays , have been written on iVJL the subject of education ; and , if they had met with the wished for success , it would have been needless to have said a word more : however , my mite is at the service of the ladies , the fashion of whose dress I shall not meddle with , but confine my pen entirely to the topic of education .
By education , then , I mean the teaching young minds those things , which , by nature , they have no idea of- and without which they would be wholly unbiassed . Education naturall y has a tendency to some particular end ; , and reason tells us that end should be the good of the person taught ; which must be determined by the same reason , whereever there is no better liht to guide us . Consider wethenthe
g , , present method of educating our daughters abstractedly from our duties as Christians ; and let us , with all gentleness , see whether the pretty creatures are not unhappily biassed , to theirs , and their future families' misfortunes , through the mistakes of their parents , by thatvery education , which reason tells us should be the greatest preservative against their making a wrong judgment of things .
Gay as our present race of females are , they would be shocked , should we pretend to doubt they hoped to see " their daughters lead the lives of virtuous wives ; no less would it shock them ( as , indeed , it ought ) should we suppose them capable of seeing , with unconcern , the ruin of their children ; but greater still would be their trouble , should we prove them the authors of their children ' s future misfortunes
. Whilst we are in tins world , there must be different ranks of men ; and some by birth , and others by fortune , will have a superiority over the rest of mankind : but let us be great , or let us be little , decency requires we should play the part allotted ; and it is as ridiculous in real life , for inferiors to ape their superiors , as it is in the footman on the stage to mi . mick the fine gentleman , his master . But is not the
same done in real life i Are not our daughters undisti ' nguishabl y educated ? Are not the first things taught , pleasure and expence _ And do vr : i not seem so much afraid of wronging our taste for . politeness ,