Delaware patriot & American watchman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1828-1828, 1828-02-08

eye which can no longer examine the microscope
cal beauties Of an insects wing, may vet enjoy the
variegatcd tints of an antumnal wood. wander
over the masnifcence of an Alpine prospect.
9 Is it not owing to this. among othe causes,
that time appears to pass more swiftly the longer
we 1--we : As the events contemplate swell! in
magnitude and importance 1.-THE attention being
daily less engrossed with Individuals, and more
with communities and nations.) the scene must, OF
course, shit more slowly, and the plot advance
more lelsurely to its accomplishment Hence,
that small portion OF cur thread which remains un-
spun. appears To bear 4 less and less proportion to
the space likely TO he occupied b. the transactions
~ which we are interested. Franklin, towards
the close If HE, complained repeatedly il my hear
ing, that time passed Gach rapidly IN his Old
age than when he was Young. { fhe year' Che
sald) is EesGn than it is ended 7 adding.
with his usual good humor, am sometimes temp
ted to think they tlo not give good measure
now as former, = " hcever compares The latter
part oi this great man history with the first outset
will not think this change IN his estimate OF time
very wonderful.
.'Ihe .eelngs wbic! Franklin experienced when
an old nan, IN consequence Of the accidental cir
cumstances Of lis history, the natural effects
OF the habits of thinking, which the philosopher
loves to indulge In consequence of these has.
he feels every day more and more as a citizen d!
the world; and, nssucatDg himself with the nlab-
itants OF the must remote regions, takes deeper
interest in the universal drama of human affairs.
And it. in consequence of tins, his years should APP
pear 70 pass over his heal more swiftly, it must be
remembered that, after certain period OF life this
ceases to be misfortune Franklin himself, while
he aaccted to bold different language plainly
sidered the matter in this light; and, indeed, could
not have given stronger proof of the happiness OF
his old age. than by tie complaints he made Of the
rapid flight Of time 1t is only when our prospects
accord with our wishes, that we are liable to tie in
iluence Of this illasion.-pp 26g, 26S."
This subject leads Mr.. Stewart to discuss the
difference between the sexes and here he takes oc
casion TO express his adoption Of the opinion long
since sanctioned by Plato, and maintained by the
most enlightened and udcious philosophers, that,
there is no natural difference between the sexes.
but in point of strength. When the entire sexes
are compared together the female IS doubtless the
inferior; but in individuals, the woman has often
the advantage of the mans
In this opinion, have 10 doobt that Plato is in
The right. The intellectual and mo- al differences
between the SEXES seem 10 ne 10 BIZ entirely the
result 0! efucGtion; using that word 10 It's most
extensive sense, comprehend merely the III.
sttueiioE received from teachers, but he has OF
mind imposed by suatioo, or by the physicai or
ganiGaon u The snimg! frame
lit must be remembered too, that certain intel.
sary consequences Of lhat difference in point 3!
stregnIh which Plato allows to distinguish the sexes.
The form Of the male is evidently much the better
s.,ted Ter bodily exertion, and less measure ot
exercise seems be sufficient to preserve the fe-
male in health. Hence The sedentary habits ca,ly
acquired by the other sex. and that compa rave
timidity which results from want OF familiarity
with those external injuries to which the stronger
sex is daily exposed This timid,y, it ia to be Oh
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present sutfering Tor the female, though less cou
rageous than the male, is commonly more resisn ned
and patient under severe affliction. The mental,
constitutions, in this respect of the sexes, are hap
PLY adapted TO the different provinces allotted 10
them in life the male being the natural protector
of the female in moments Of danger and sudden
alarm the female destined to be his comfort and
support IN seasons oil sorrow, and OF protiacled
suffering.
'From the greater delccay Of their frame, and
from the Numerous ailments connected with their
sexual temperament, combined with their constan!
familiarity with disiresaes which are not their own.
| the sympathy oil women with the suHerngs OF
others is much more lively, and their promptitude
to administer reliel, whenever it is possible is much
more eager Than in the generality OF men. To
the truth of this remark, every days experience
bears witness and from the testimony Of travellers,
il appears, that the observation extends to women in
all The different stages OF society
"In consequence Of the greater nervous irrita-
bility of women, their muscular system seems to
possess a greater degree oil that mobility by which
the principle of sympathetic imitation operates.--
Hence their pronsness TO hysteric affections, and to
that species Of religious enthusiasm which is pro
pagaed by contagIon Hence also their tendency
to mimicry and the nceness of their tact with te-
spec, to the more delicate features OF character
PIP. $685..
To the different process of their education. and
Of their early habi,s Mr.. Stewar, mPutcs The in.
ferority OF the fair TO the stronger. in capa-
city for paient thoN~ht, and Tor all those PURSUITS