her tuition?"

First, I reply, she should be educated as a Human Being, possessed in
common with man, of an intelligent, moral, and spiritual nature.
Christianity recognizes no distinction of the sexes, so far as the broad
principles of piety and virtue are concerned. Both are endowed with the
same conscience. To each is allotted the same sphere of discipline; and
unto both is the gospel of Christ, in its solemn appeals, its sacred
encouragements, hopes and promises, and its fearful sanctions, alike
addressed.

Contemplate this holy companionship, and how insignificant seem those
barriers raised between the two sexes, in some ages and countries, by
the pride, the caprice, and the despotism, of man. Are we destined to a
common moral tribunal? Pitiful is his spirit, who, for any fancied or
real, outward advantages, shall here and now, with the ancient
philosopher, "thank God that he was born a man, and not a woman." And
contracted or misjudging must she be, who allows herself, even in the
secrecy of her heart, to look on one of the opposite sex with the
murmur, "O that Heaven had made me such a man." In all that is noblest,
purest, divinest, thou art a man. Defile not thy spirit with invidious
prayers. Thank God that thou dost share with man all that dignifies him,
all that is worthy the high aspirations of immortality. Educate thyself
as a human being; unfold the godlike powers, which are thy joint
possession with man; prize and improve thy blessed partnership in the
bequest of Jesus, and thou shall rejoice evermore.

Nor is this view at variance with the position that to woman is assigned
a peculiar sphere of duty and action. Her gifts differ, in some
important respects, from those of man. Her station and relations in life
are not his.

A second point then is this, that she should be so educated as to know
her appropriate sphere. There are two errors in this respect, which she
is liable to commit. She may undervalue her capacities, and imagine,
that being able to acquire or perform little, nothing need be attempted;
or that her influence is trifling, that she helps few and harms less,
and therefore, whether she be ignorant or learned is of no consequence.
Or she may pass to the opposite extreme, and believe herself
all-competent, qualified by nature to cope with man in every situation.
This view will lead her to self-satisfaction, and of course prove
unfriendly to her moral character, and to her spiritual culture. T