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as their higheſt Advancement, and End and Deſign of all their Attainments.
Can any one ſuppoſe that a young Creature thus diſciplined, ſhould ever take it into her Head, that her trueſt Happineſs, as well as greateſt Honour, ſhould ariſe from the Service of God, and free Exertion of her own Soul? That ſhe ſhould Endeavour by all Means to attain a Fund of Reaſon, Learning, and Knowledge ſufficient to furniſh Entertainment for her whole Life?
Thus having no Notion of true Worth in herſelf, ſhe is as little a Judge of it in others, but reſigns herſelf to the Ignorant, the Vain, or the Vicious, as they come recommended by Title, Equipage or Fortune.
I would not from hence be thought to infer, that none but fooliſh Women marry, or that Celibacy is preferable to Marriage, with a Man of Worth. I would only give ſome Check to that Triumph, and Self-admiration which ſome Men are apt to conceive, upon an Obſervation, that moſt Women are willing to marry at ſome time or other; by ſhewing that they are diſqualified from the very beginning for the true Enjoyment of their own Minds, and therefore
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