Worst, when this sensualism intrudes into the education of young women, and withers the hope and affection of human nature, by teaching that marriage signifies nothing but a housewife's thrift, and that woman's life has no other aim.


The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st series (ed. 1876)

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Worst, when this sensualism intrudes into the education of young women, and withers the hope and affection of human nature, by teaching that marriage ...

Worst, when this sensualism intrudes into the education of young women, and withers the hope and affection of human nature, by teaching that marriage ...

Worst, when this sensualism intrudes into the education of young women, and withers the hope and affection of human nature, by teaching that marriage ...

Worst, when this sensualism intrudes into the education of young women, and withers the hope and affection of human nature, by teaching that marriage ...