independent of outward circumstances his arms of faith and love-Quotation from Vaughn - The piano- Its wires-The tuner- -The mind out of tune-Religion necessary to impart high womanly qualities-Schiller's Queen of Spain - Falre Influence eternal- -What influence is- We must exert influence- The cathedral and its mystic organ - The choice- The dread alternative - An old English castle- - Queen Judith and her influence Incredulity of the reader removed - Woman's influ- ence peculiar-Mothers of Augustine, Washington, Oberlin and Wes- ley-Their influence on the characters of their sons - The broken dyke - The heroic boy-His motive-Responsibility of a young lady's position-The weed on the farm-Effect of consecrated influ- ence- Adhesion of plate-glass- Invisibility of influence The punctured eye- Unconscious influence of a sister-Distance be- tween an act and its final consequences- The lost arrow found - Re- membered music-The praying mother Her death Apparent death of her influence- Its harvest-Buchanan- Judson-Scott- Legh Richmond Rev. J. Newton-Louisa of Savoy an example of evil influence A fancy-Influence not the result of wealth and --- Joan of Arc and Hannah More -Their deeds-Repugnance to former stormy petrel -- The land bird-Fatal consequences of wandering from an appointed sphere-John Adams and Gen. Howe-J. Q. Adams' tribute to his mother-Kant Pascal-Martyn - Woman's mission gratifying to ambition-Pleasure of her mission-Washing- ton and his mother at a festal scene-Religion needed to fit a young Character of Lucy-A lovely spirit the central star in female character -Woman's sceptre and sword-Its strength-Ossian's maid of Lutha-Loveliness the offspring of high qualities—The maniac- The little girl-The proffered gift-Victory of love over madness- The market-woman and her idiot boy-The death chamber-Love and idiocy-The abbey-Cazotte and his daughter-A thrilling scene-Love subduing the spirit of assassins-An inference - The argument applied - Cornelia and the Gracchi-The Romans and their marble statues-A great truth-How loveliness wins its tri- umphs-William Wirt to his daughter-Annette and Frederick- The happy discovery-Caius Marius and the Gallic soldier - Mental impressions-Mind must possess the qualities it imprints on others -Effects of seeking lovely spirit-The twin children-Sympathy -Extract from Schiller-Posa's question to Philip-Loveliness not natural in woman, not attainable by human strength-Job's con- fession-Paul's experience-Divine help necessary to genuine love- The Swiss huntsman-The discovered treasure-The enchantment of dependent woman changes Morvale's firmness Advance into life brings Creates necessity for self-reliance-A great fact-Fallen women-Influence of poverty on their fall-Self-reliance might have saved them- Effect of self-reliance in women on observers -The two queens-Marie Antoinette's failure in a crisis - Queen Esther's success in a great exigency- Causes of Marie's failure -Of Esther's success- Elements of self-reliance, . 128 CHAPTER VII. THE SECRET SPRINGS OF SELF-RELIANCE. The emir's daughter - Her love - Her pursuit and its success- Her folly Rash self-reliance described-True self-reliance - A decided mind one of its springs - Example of Pizarro- Consecration to the idea of duty-Effect on the feelings in view of danger-Illustrated. by Empress Josephine's affection for Napoleon-Extract from Joanna Baillie Courage a spring of self-reliance - The mother of Jonathan Harrington - Necessity of courage-Use of in woman Alberti and his noble wife Ayxa the sultana - Poetic extractLearning how to support self-Henry Laurens to his daughters— Madame de Genlis - Education a means of support-Skill in needlework-Life in a factory considered-Labor not degrading-Madame Roland- Mary Dwight-Trust in God-Paul at the Roman tribunal, 152 Count CHAPTER VIII. OF SELF-CULTURE. Ethwald's character - Sameness of human hearts Seed of good and ill Culture a condition of growth-Sculptures in museums- Relation of skill and beauty-Diversity of female character-Vain women - Artful, selfish, malicious women- - Slanderers Model women The difference explained-Self-culture urged - Encouraged - Extract from De Montfort The embroidery pattern Correct aim necessary -- Mutual relations of mind and body - Health must be cared for Intellectual culture-Reading for pleasure - Novels-Their relation to pleasure and to character-Their irreligious tendency - Object of reading- How to find pleasure in reading - The Bible-How to read it-Moral culture - A secret-Jeanie Deans-Princess ElizabethA comparison - Constantine to Victoria- Impulses - The sinking boat-The runaway horses-Ascendency of the will-How main. tained-Dress and amusements in their relation to self-culture-The lady and her lost pearls-A lesson on improving opportunities — Tullia-Her unwomanly and unfilial character-Resemblances to her character-Beauty of filial love - A scene of suffering-A daugh- ter's sacrifice- Her reward-De Sombreuil's daughter and the glass of blood - How to manifest filial affection-God's approval of filial love Sisterly affection-Its influence on the pleasure of home- How to be exhibited - Influence on a brother-Jane de Montfort's love - The horticulturist and his young trees - Home a social nursery-Beauty of home- Its adaptations to fit for future life- Golden seeds-Golden harvests-Sheaves- Pleasant recollections- First lessons of life inaccurate- Moonlit landscape-Lessons of expe rience- The school-Siebenkas and his wife - The end of school education - Its seriousness - Should be seriously treated— Effect of appreciating its aims - The dull scholar encouraged - Jenny Lind's perseverance and triumph-School manners-Ill manners at schoo Source of good manners- Benevolence a duty- The orienta. ascetic-The glass of water-The well-Private and associated benevolence-The Sabbath school-Tracts-Visiting the sick- Pseudo reformers to be avoided-Travelling alone dangerous- Alice The two trees-The divided heights-Images of marriage-False ble-Hasty marriages improper-Single life better than a bad mar riage- Picture of a miserable wife-What is marriage-Relation of affection to genuine marriage-Injurious ideas-Nonsensical views of love-The affections controlled by reason-Courtship-Its object -A lover's character to be studied-A vital test-Passion leads the young astray-The military chieftain enthralled by it- Passion's dreamland - A young lady's love her greatest treasure- -Poetical extract - A reason for caution in courtship-Strangers - How to regard them- Villains may be detected. -Extract from Coleridge From Eliza Cook - Mental and moral purity a woman's armor chaste woman described - The characteristics requisite in a suitor — Self-denial-Energy - Cultivation - Industry - Economy - Benev. olence Must not be a proud man - -Nor a clown-Nor a fop-Nor deformed - Should be religious-On consulting parents-Female monsters-Myra's elopement - Her subsequent misery — Caution in the intimacies of courtship-No haste to wed-Premature marriage inadvisable Concluding remarks,.. 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