Remarks on Female Education, with an Application of Its Principles to the Regulation of Schools

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B.J. Holdsworth, 1827 - Education - 393 pages
 

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Page 337 - ... part of a mother with respect to the footing on which the governess of her children is to be placed in the family ; of which the governess may at one time be admitted as a part, and, at another, find herself unexpectedly excluded as a being of an inferior order ; there are evils to be endured of a greater magnitude and a more serious aspect. The governess in a private family is brought into immediate contact with the parents of her pupils ; and what parents, or what human beings, can be expected...
Page 337 - In addition to all the petty mortifications and occasional embarrassments which may, and often do arise from some unacknowledged hesitation on the part of a mother with respect to the footing on which the governess of her children is to be placed in the family ; of which the governess may at one time be admitted as a part, and, at another, find herself unexpectedly excluded as a being of an inferior order ; there are evils to be endured of a greater magnitude and a more serious aspect. The governess...
Page 97 - ... of deceit, by substituting for the servile fear of man, the fear of Him who is acquainted with the thoughts and intents of the heart. ' It is then necessary, and happily it is not difficult, to establish a permanent ascendency over the mind of the young on a more generous and better principle than fear, and to secure, by gentle means, an influence which is to be exerted only for their benefit. The dependence of children gives an interest in their affections, to all who possess the means of contributing...
Page 338 - ... expected to prove, on all occasions, judicious, considerate, and indulgent ? If she is not subject to frequent counteraction, if her objects are not misunderstood or undervalued, her best efforts neutralized, and her most important purposes defeated, still, her proceedings are under a species of control which may often suggest doubts of their propriety ; and she may be expected, if not absolutely required, to pursue a course, or to adopt a system of instruction and discipline, which would never...
Page 339 - ... propriety ; and she may be expected, if not absolutely required, to pursue a course, or to adopt a system of instruction and discipline, which would never have been the object of her own deliberate choice. And, at the same time, she may be held in a certain sense responsible for a result which •he had little share in producing. In a word, the governess, exerting her doubtful authority and precarious influence in the school-room of a private family, may not unfrequently envy the mistress of...

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