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Sanitary and Social Lectures and Essays

By Charles Kingsley

2020-02-13 18:11:10

I have been asked to speak a few words to you on a lady’s work in a country parish.  I shall confine myself rather to principles than to details; and the first principle which I would impress on you is, that we must all be just before we are gener ... Read more
I have been asked to speak a few words to you on a lady’s work in a country parish.  I shall confine myself rather to principles than to details; and the first principle which I would impress on you is, that we must all be just before we are generous.  I must, indeed, speak plainly on this point.  A woman’s first duties are to her own family, her own servants.  Be not deceived: if anyone cannot rule her own household, she cannot rule the Church of God.  If anyone cannot sympathise with the servants with whom she is in contact all day long, she will not really sympathise with the poor whom she sees once a week. Less

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File size181.322 KB
Print pages153
PublisherPublic Domain Books
Publication date2010-08-31
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1347499658
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Charles Kingsley
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Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 – 23 January 1875) was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian and novelist. He is particularly associated w...

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