... The History Of The

Half Of The Receipts In Our Cookbooks Are Mere Murder To Such Constitutions And Stomachs As We Grow Here. ...in America, Owing To Our Brighter Skies And More Fervid Climate, We Have Developed An Acute, Nervous Delicacy Of Temperament Far More Akin To That Of France Than Of England.

As Liberty And Intelligence Have Increased The People Have More And More Revolted Against The Theological Dogmas That Contradict Common Sense And Wound The Tenderest Sensibilities Of The Soul.

In Civil And Political Affairs, American Women Take No Interest Or Concern, Except So Far As They Sympathize With Their Family And Personal Friends; But In All Cases, In Which They Do Feel A Concern, Their Opinions And Feelings Have A Consideration, Equal Or Even Superior, To That Of The Other Sex.

The Care Of A House, The Conduct Of A Home, The Management Of Children, The Instruction And Government Of Servants, Are As Deserving Of Scientific Treatment And Scientific Professors And Lectureships As Are The Care Of Farms, The Management Of Manure And Crops, And The Raising And Care Of Stock.

The People Of This Nation Are Eminently A Trafficking People; And The Present Standard Of Honesty, As To Trade And Debts, Is Very Low, And Every Year Seems Sinking Still Lower.