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Admitting therefore the generally-allowed influence of woman, but restricting our observations to the one particular object of this work, Heroism, we remark that the latter, partaking largely of Fortitude, has ever been considered peculiarly a feminine quality, and that though biography, like a vast picture made up of a myriad varied faces, pleases one taste by some fea tures, and another by those wholly opposite, yet the element of encouragement or reproof is in each; indeed, even where no sympathy appears, discrimina tion may discover beauties which, by the affections, convince the reason. 'hence, too, it is the most profitable kind of history, because it presents the individual as influenced by and controlling circum stances, rather than exhibits ~these last in their dry detail 5 and the knowledge derived from it, is there fore of the greatest importance to the young, who Copy character' readily, and are often blinded to imperfection by the false lustre of ambition and glory.
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Admitting therefore the generally-allowed influence of woman, but restricting our observations to the one particular object of this work, Heroism, we remark that the latter, partaking largely of Fortitude, has ever been considered peculiarly a feminine quality, and that though biography, like a vast picture made up of a myriad varied faces, pleases one taste by some fea tures, and another by those wholly opposite, yet the element of encouragement or reproof is in each; indeed, even where no sympathy appears, discrimina tion may discover beauties which, by the affections, convince the reason. 'hence, too, it is the most profitable kind of history, because it presents the individual as influenced by and controlling circum stances, rather than exhibits ~these last in their dry detail 5 and the knowledge derived from it, is there fore of the greatest importance to the young, who Copy character' readily, and are often blinded to imperfection by the false lustre of ambition and glory.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- ISBN 13 9781330198964
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- Number of pages457
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