Strictures on the Modern System of Female Education: With View of the Principles and Conduct Prevalent Among Women of Rank and Fortune (Classic Reprint) - Paperback

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It may be all'o ob'ected that the opinion here fu gelled on the {late 0 manners among the higher cia es of our country-women, may feem to controvert the jufl: encomiums of modern travellers, who generally concur in afcribing a decided fuperiority to the la dies of this country over thqfe of every other. But fuch is, in general, the {late of foreign manners, that the comparative praife is almoli an injury to eaglj/b women. T 0 be flattered for excelling thofe whol'e fiandard of excellence is very low, is but a degrading kind oi commendation for the value of all praile de rived from fupcriorityfaepends on the worth of the competitor. The character of Britilh ladies, with all the unparalleled advantages they pofl'efs, mull. Never be determined by a comparifon with the women of Other nations, but by conrparing them with what they themfelves might be, if all their talents and unrivalled opportunities were turned to the bell: account.

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