Husband and wife, or, The science of human development through inherited tendencies / by the author of "The parent's guide," etc.

  • Pendleton, Hester.
Date:
1863
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Credit: Husband and wife, or, The science of human development through inherited tendencies / by the author of "The parent's guide," etc. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHxVPTER XI. PAr.B The Progress of tlie Age shown by the Present Position of Wo- men in Christian Countries ; The Training of Bov and tJirl contrasted; Its Results ; As the Mothers are. so will the Chil- dren be: The Cynic’s Question answered ; The Advancing Tide of Human Progress; Woman’s Participation 76 CHAPTER XII. M. Michelet; The French Ideal Marriage a Poetical Fancy, repudi- ated by Reason and Experience; Woman not created an Inva- lid ; The Laws of Nature .lustified; The Child-wife a Fallacy; No True Marriage except between Equals; Opportunities tor Higher Culture demanded for Woman ; The American Ideal Marriage a Substantial Reality ; The W ife’s Mission 81 CHAPTER XIII. M. Michelet’s Audacity; Important Information for those who need it; A Gem from Carlyle ; Questions put by the Inexora- ble ; An Eastern Fable 86 CHAPTER XIV. “ New Theory of Population The Progressive, Unending. Devel- opment of the Race guaranteed by a Knowledge and Practice of the Moral and Physical Laws ; Individual S^esponsibility in the Parental Relation; Children are Blessings only to the Worthy-; Modifying Conditions which should Eiinit the Num- ber of Offspring; VVhy Society is everywhere Cursed by the Weak, the Vicious, and the Improvident; Self-Control, Man's True Sovereignty; The Progressive Thoughts of the Age on that subject destined to pervade and elevate Society; Some of the Dark Streams flowing from the Great Turbid Fountain of Inheritance; Their Remedy safe and practical; Suggestions worthy of the Attention of those engaged in the Education of Youth 92 CHAPTER XV. National Characteri.stics of Americans : Mind superior to Matter; A New Application of Domestic Economy suggested ; The Bachelor's Reasons for not marrying; A Moral Nece.ssity ; Ques- tions to be answered; Evil Effects of Attenlioiis from Single Gentlemen to Young Wives; Suggestion on the subject, by Margaret Fuller 99 1