Excerpt from Hints on Female Education Education applies to the human being, considered as a moral and accountable agent, endowed with an immortal nature, and having an imperishable destiny. The torch of intellect is to be kindled on the altar of domestic affection, and burns intensely and permanently only, when fed by the nepenthe of genuine piety. 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.