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you would like to have me begin them soon, for I
nave often heard you say that children cannot be set
too early about what is necessary for them to do.

M. That’s very true, but all things are not equally
necessary to every one; for some, that are very fit for
one, are scarcely proper at all for others.

kK. Why, mamma ?

MM. Because, my dear, it is the purpose of all edu-
cation to fit persons for the station in which they are
hereafter to live; and you know there are very great
differences in that respect, both among men and
women.

#. Ave therc? I thought all ladies lived alike.

JL, It is usual to call all well-educated women, who
have no oceasion te work for their livelihood, ladies;
but if you will think « little, you must see that they
live very differently from each other; for their fathers
and husbands are in very different ranks and situa-
tions in the world, you know.

ix. Yes, I know that some are lords, and some are
squires, and sume are clergymen, and some are mer-
chants, and some are doctors, and some are shop-
keepers.

if, Well; and do you think that the wives and
daughters of these persons have just the same things
to do, and the same duties to perform? You know
how I spend my time. I have to go to market, and
provide for the family, to look after the servants, to
help in taking care of you children, and in teaching
you, to see that your clothes are in proper condition,
and assist in making and mending for myself, and for
you, and your papa. All this is my necessary duty ;
and besides this, I must go out a-visiting, to keep up
our acquaintance; this I call partly business, and partly
amusement. Then when I am tired, and have done
all that I think is necessary, I may amuse myself with
reading, or in any other proper way. Now a great
many of these employments do not belong to Lady
Wealthy, or Mrs, Rich, who keep housekeepers and