Letters on the Equality of the Sexes, and the Condition of Woman: Addressed to Mary S. Parker, President of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society |
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... thing that has been written on this subject , has been the result of a misconception of the simple truths revealed in the Scriptures , in consequence of the false translation of many passages of Holy Writ . My mind is entirely delivered ...
... thing that has been written on this subject , has been the result of a misconception of the simple truths revealed in the Scriptures , in consequence of the false translation of many passages of Holy Writ . My mind is entirely delivered ...
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... thing to please his eye and amuse his hours of leisure . Rule by obedience and by submission sway , ' or in other words , study to be a hypo- crite , pretend to submit , but gain your point , has been the code of household morality ...
... thing to please his eye and amuse his hours of leisure . Rule by obedience and by submission sway , ' or in other words , study to be a hypo- crite , pretend to submit , but gain your point , has been the code of household morality ...
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... things " which ought not to be named , " by which that modesty and delicacy , which is the charm of domestic life , and which constitutes the true influence of woman , is con- sumed . ' How wonderful that the conceptions of man relative ...
... things " which ought not to be named , " by which that modesty and delicacy , which is the charm of domestic life , and which constitutes the true influence of woman , is con- sumed . ' How wonderful that the conceptions of man relative ...
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... things , which the Pastoral Letter says ought not to be named , for the purpose of moral reform , without be- coming ... thing of the purity of her mind , by visiting the wretched victims of vice in their miserable abodes , by talking ...
... things , which the Pastoral Letter says ought not to be named , for the purpose of moral reform , without be- coming ... thing of the purity of her mind , by visiting the wretched victims of vice in their miserable abodes , by talking ...
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... things . She can con- verse with her children on any subject relating to their duty to God , can point their attention to those vices which degrade and brutify human nature , without in the least defiling her own mind or theirs . She ...
... things . She can con- verse with her children on any subject relating to their duty to God , can point their attention to those vices which degrade and brutify human nature , without in the least defiling her own mind or theirs . She ...
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Page 113 - In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shame-facedness and sobriety ; not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array ; but (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
Page 6 - And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Page 113 - Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
Page 19 - Lead me in thy truth, and teach me : for thou art the God of my salvation ; on thee do I wait all the day.
Page 19 - All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. What man is he that feareth the Lord ? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Page 10 - I ask no favors for my sex. I surrender not our claim to equality. All I ask of our brethren is, that they will take their feet from off our necks and permit us to stand upright on that ground which God designed us to occupy.
Page 18 - Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils : for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Page 94 - Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church : and he is the saviour of the body. Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Page 101 - Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day, I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early, and sending them...
Page 96 - Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that we should follow his steps : who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously...