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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
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for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book:
FEMALE INFLLTENCE. 59 being particularly careful to court the
society only of such females as may be possessed of an amiable
disposition, and, if possible, of a refined and cultivated mind.
The results will to him prove highly beneficial, and female
foresight and prudence becomes an admirable antidote to the too
often indiscreet impetuosity of man in matters of the heart." THE
PATERNAL HEADSHIP. ESSAY IV. BY THOMAS GAMMAGE, BOOT-CLOSER. I Have
often thought on the relation of parent to child with various and
conflicting emotions, but never shall I forget the gush of
tenderness, pride, hope, anxiety, nay, almost alarm, with which I
viewed our first little pledge of wedded love; but. amid all these
conflicting emotions, I felt as though God had been pleased to
shower down all the blessings allotted to a life in one short
moment of my existence. " I am a father " I involuntarily
exclaimed, and several times repeated, and as I dwelt upon the
fact, I resolved to begin life anew. A fresh set of
responsibilities, pleasing, though grave, opened up before me. To
point out those responsibilities as far as may be, is the purpose
of the present essay. The whole duty of a father may be summed up
in a few words: ?Educate your child in accordance with the known
principles of right, as revealed by God directly, and ascertained
by man, directly or indirectly; educate so as to bring out the
whole of the faculties, physical, mental, moral, and spiritual.
There is no need to multiply terms; to educate is to draw out, to
unfold, to direct, to entice, it may be to compel?though, if all
the former be well attended to, the latter will rarely be needed.
The great question is, how to set about the work. There can be none
as to your duty. Your right and duty to educate your child are ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book
may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages,
poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the
original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We
believe this work is culturally important, and despite the
imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of
our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works
worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in
the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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