An enquiry into the duties of the female sex / By Thomas Gisborne.

  • Gisborne, Thomas, 1758-1846.
Date:
1813
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An enquiry into the duties of the female sex / By Thomas Gisborne. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    instruction. I then thought it incum- bent upon me to examine various works of that nature. The result proved as was to be expected. I found many opinions coinciding with my own, many dift'ering totally from them. The latter circumstance led to alte- rations, wherever reflection convinced me that I had been in a greater or a less degree under the influence of error; and to additions, when they appeared necessary for the support of my own sentiments, and the matter in question seemed important enough to require them. On such occasions, however, my object has been to furnish useful rules and just conclusions, with a brief explanation of the grounds of them ; rather than to point out and censure the individuals, who, in my apprehension, have recommended pro- ceedings which ought to be shunned,