CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PART I. PAGE GENERAL VIEW OF THE POSITION AND INFLUENCE OF WOMEN ence. - - - Importance of woman's position. -Source of woman's influ- - - - PART II. VIEWS OF LIFE, AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON EDUCATION Higher view of life necessary to raise female education. - In- - rations. CHAPTER II. POWER AND INFLUENCE OF HABIT - Nature and power of habit. - Education consists in formation - CHAPTER III. 61 76 ON METHOD - - Nature of method. System everywhere visible in nature. - - - Conscience the moral governor of our being. - Natural rela- -- - Sect. 1.-Value of Truth.· Attainment of truth the highest - - - Sect. 2.- Use of Reason in the Pursuit of Truth. - All knowl- - Sect. 3. - - - - - -- - Moral Obstacles to Perception of Truth. — Influence - public opinions necessary in women. - - Sect. 4.-Practical Habits flowing from the Love of Truth.- women. - 118 LOVE OF MORAL EXCELLENCE - Love of the Beautiful a distinctive attribute of man; its influ- - Character of benevolence; the essential principle of Chris- gle life. Unrequited attachment. 194 INSTRUMENTS OF MORAL DISCIPLINE. - Sect. 1.-Self-knowledge. The key to self-improvement; not difficult to attain when honestly sought. Self-correction impos- sible without it; causes of self-delusions. Self-examination must be habitual. - Method of self-examination. — Errors to be Self-control. - Submission of the will to determinate - - |