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> [The aim of education is to fit children for the position in life which they are hereafter to occupy. Boys are to be sent out intothe world to buffet with its temptations, to mingle with bad and good, to govern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-missing-sewell/the-aim-of-education-is-to-fit-children-for-the-position-in-life/)

[Elizabeth Missing Sewell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-missing-sewell/)

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## More by Elizabeth Missing Sewell

> [... we become so accustomed to meet with injustice, and, if we are at all sincere with our own hearts, are so conscious of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-missing-sewell/we-become-so-accustomed-to-meet-with-injustice-and-if-we-are-at-all/)

[Elizabeth Missing Sewell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-missing-sewell/)

> [... a woman who is not feminine is a monster in creation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-missing-sewell/a-woman-who-is-not-feminine-is-a-monster-in-creation/)

[Elizabeth Missing Sewell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-missing-sewell/)

> [Any strain upon a girl's intellect is to be dreaded, and any attempt to bring women into competition with men can scarcely escapefailure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-missing-sewell/any-strain-upon-a-girl-s-intellect-is-to-be-dreaded-and-any-attempt/)

[Elizabeth Missing Sewell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-missing-sewell/)

> [Obedience is the primary object of all sound education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-missing-sewell/obedience-is-the-primary-object-of-all-sound-education/)

[Elizabeth Missing Sewell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-missing-sewell/)

> [Boys are sent out into the world to buffet with its temptations, to mingle with bad and good, to govern and direct - girls…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-missing-sewell/boys-are-sent-out-into-the-world-to-buffet-with-its-temptations-to/)

[Elizabeth Missing Sewell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-missing-sewell/)

> [... health is the obstacle, which ... must stand in the way of a girl's acquiring the intellectual strength, which ... is so invaluable to a boy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-missing-sewell/health-is-the-obstacle-which-must-stand-in-the-way-of-a-girl-s/)

[Elizabeth Missing Sewell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-missing-sewell/)

> [A boy's mind is not so easily sullied as a girl's… Undesirable knowledge is not an equal shock to the moral nature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-missing-sewell/a-boy-s-mind-is-not-so-easily-sullied-as-a-girl-s-undesirable/)

[Elizabeth Missing Sewell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-missing-sewell/)

> [A young man is stirred and stimulated by the consciousness of how much depends upon his own exertions: a young girl is oppressed by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-missing-sewell/a-young-man-is-stirred-and-stimulated-by-the-consciousness-of-how/)

[Elizabeth Missing Sewell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-missing-sewell/)

> [The aim of education is to fit children for the position in life which they are hereafter to occupy. Boys are to be sent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-missing-sewell/the-aim-of-education-is-to-fit-children-for-the-position-in-life/)

[Elizabeth Missing Sewell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-missing-sewell/)

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