Metadata
Title
Hon. James Cooper to Sarah Josepha Hale
Date
1854-04-28
April 28, 1854
Subject
Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell, 1788-1879
Medium
Manuscripts
Language
eng
Type
text
Collection
Sarah Josepha Hale Collection, The Athenaeum of Philadelphia
Identifier
46-M-094
Rights
http://www.philaathenaeum.org/rights.html
Text
Washington Ap 28, 1854.
Dear Madam:
Your note of yesterday's date was duly
received.
I shall be very happy to recive [receive]
any information you may have to impart,
on the subject of the superiority of female
teachers and female teaching. - I have myself
no doubt of the great superiority of women
over men in conducting early education, -
especially in educating the heart in good
feelings and the mind in good principles.
The natural
kindness, patience, as well as the superior acquaintance
of woman with the infant mind,
and the [farer?] character of her sympathy with
the youthful and sensitive hearts, qualify her
[DE?: better] for the duty of teaching, and not less for
the development of the moral, than of the intellectual
qualities:
I am glad that you have
called the attention of congress to this subject;
for although, owing to the peculiar
constitution of the Committee of Public
Lands in both houses, it is not likely
that favorable action will be had at
the present Session, there is reason to believe
that the public have viewed the proposition
with more than usual favor; -
and I need not say, if the public once adopt
it, the politicians will soon discover
its merits.
I have the honor
to be very respectfully
your ob st
James Cooper
Mrs. S. J. Hale
Dear Madam:
Your note of yesterday's date was duly
received.
I shall be very happy to recive [receive]
any information you may have to impart,
on the subject of the superiority of female
teachers and female teaching. - I have myself
no doubt of the great superiority of women
over men in conducting early education, -
especially in educating the heart in good
feelings and the mind in good principles.
The natural
kindness, patience, as well as the superior acquaintance
of woman with the infant mind,
and the [farer?] character of her sympathy with
the youthful and sensitive hearts, qualify her
[DE?: better] for the duty of teaching, and not less for
the development of the moral, than of the intellectual
qualities:
I am glad that you have
called the attention of congress to this subject;
for although, owing to the peculiar
constitution of the Committee of Public
Lands in both houses, it is not likely
that favorable action will be had at
the present Session, there is reason to believe
that the public have viewed the proposition
with more than usual favor; -
and I need not say, if the public once adopt
it, the politicians will soon discover
its merits.
I have the honor
to be very respectfully
your ob st
James Cooper
Mrs. S. J. Hale