Excerpt from An Address on Female Education: Delivered in Portsmouth, New-Hampshire, October 26, 1827 In reviewing the civil and intellectual history Of woman we find that, from the earliest times, her course has been almost uniformly marked with degra dation and Oppression. This must ever excite the astonishment and regret, and should awaken also the deepest humiliation and remorse Of man, as such oppression has been mostly owing to his ignorance, overbearing pride, and licentiousness. The more recent periods Of the history Of woman exhibit a cheering brightness, that promises to her a meridian glory at no very distant era. It has been reserved to these modern days to render full justice to her character, to acknowledge her righteous claims, and to yield to her, her high prerogatives. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.