Baccalaureate Address to the Graduating Class of 1870, Rutgers Female College

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Excerpt from Baccalaureate Address to the Graduating Class of 1870, Rutgers Female College: Delivered by President H. M. Pierce, LL. D., In the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian Church (Rev. Dr. Crosby's), Sabbath Evening, June 5th, 1870There has'been much discussion as to the present condition of woman, and various schemes for her improvement have been earnestly urged and widely considered, though without any great unanimity. I shall not here express any opinion as to these, farther than to argue the need and importance of one thing, as to which there can be no difference of opinion this is the duty of giving to women equal means with men of obtaining a complete education. I shall argue this upon general principles from reasons applicable everywhere, yet with special reference, as I have already announced, to the college in this city, in behalf of which I speak. I therefore propose to show, at some length, how much has been done in the matter of the education of men, with the intent of clearly and forcibly bringing out. The fact that comparatively little or nothing has been done for women. For just in proportion as the vast inequality, in this respect, of the laws and customs of all civilized communities, from the earliest ages, is understood, there must arise a feeling of wonder that its evil consequences have not been more clearly seen and felt, and a corresponding feeling that there is a great duty to be done, and a great wrong to be undone.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.