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What is the meaning of the word checking as it is used in this sentence from the second paragraph of the passage?

Hamlet act 1 what advice does polonius give his son, laertes?

Rev. simon hosack] entered fully into the feeling of suffering and sorrow which took possession of me when i discovered that a girl weighed less in the scale of being than a boy, and he praised my determination to prove the contrary. which best describes society's view of boys' and girls' abilities during the period in which elizabeth cady stanton lived?