, 1869-08-23

Tie following Is an eAtrart fro,n John Stuart
| Mills new BOOK, with reSard to ne elness !i o.
themselves to hold o,llces, or practice rro'es-
sions Involving ;i7por.ant PuIuc responsible
Let Us consider women ou,y as they al7andy
are, or as they kugT they have bccn+ aud the ca
pacities which they have already practically
shown. What llarc they done, tina: nj Least. II
nothing else, II II proved that they can do.
When We consider how scdutous!y they arc ali
trained away from, 1ustcnh OF being trained to.
wArd, aoy q the oecEFasons Or oh!ects re.ersed
humble ground for theu when rest ther case
on what they hare actually achlevesi. For. In
this case. nesatiye essdcnce y Korth lttls.
cannot he InlcHei To be i'm possible that wonl1
eEould he 4 Homer or Al Aristotle, OF . Mschael
Angelo, or q Beethoven, because 10 woman hll
yet sctuallI produced works comparable to theirs
In ant Of rhoae Ines Of excellence
az his Eceltlvc fact ut Clost learc9 the question
uncertain. aud cptu to psychological '!:sca5Elon
But II Is quite certain that woliaQ can be q
Queen Elizabeth, Ct o Debofab, or Joan OF Arc,
since this Is not ia{erecec, bul fac:. Now. It Is
curious c0nsl itrat!on thn. the only th!cs which
the existing laws exclude women IRON doing arc
The things winch they nave proved that tier are
able to do. There is no law 10 prGrrn+ a woman
or composed all the operas OF Moz3-t Eat Queen
EliZancth or Queen Victoria, EaA they not IN
hefted the throue, coul'! net have bcen 2t.tstei
the former showed hcrxc!1 claa! 10 the greatest
IL any ting conclusive c01lh hc inferred frpn
experience, h1tEoIt ps!cHotoelca! AI2i}sls, u
wolIlf be That the ttncs which wo1:t1 are not al!
lowed to do nrc ihc VERY ones for Which theT ate
peculiarly qualified, b!Ece their yocllon for GOV
e1!,ncnt l1B Eeade IL ~aJ, aad become couspcu-
Gus, through the very few opnorsun!aes Witch
hare been Etveu while tn The tines OF distinction
which. apparently, were freely open 10 them. they
have by Eo means 60 emlDently distinguished
theDst'vcs. We KNOW how small nuiDhar OF
1elguttg 2:eeus history 1'Iestntt III e4c.par1soa
With that Of Eings, Oi fhls smaller number 4 far
larger proportion have shown talents for rue,
though mAny Of the1a hase occaFitt the throne III
E1l;eul. periods
"ltisr remarkable roo, that they have, in great
nEutr OF instances, ceen distinguished NJ merits
ttcnal character OF women: they hsve been a.
MUCH remarked for the ArTaEes5 and yiEos oftheir
talc Us fur ,ts intelligence. When TO the Queens
End E1Erresscs we add Regrn:l api ficeroJs OF
provinces, the l!st Of women who have bet0 emil
Dent FuitTs Of rnansipd swclls to great Iength.
'tEspee.aiy Is tbs tr1,r We tske into consider
At!tn Asia as Tctl l5 Europe. II Hinloo pr1nci-
fsIry Is s,fonglv, ygiiluty and economically
governed; II order Is preserved without oppres-
sion; Il cultivation Is extended and tnt people
Prosperous IN three cases outul lour that prlncl.
1aity Is under wom2n 8 rule
f'1hls fact, TO me III en:1relS unexpected one,
have collected from q long Official knowledge OF
1liEdoo governments. There arc. E1nuy such ln-
stances: Tor though, NJ Uu:oo institutions, 4 wo-
HAL caunot reign, she Is the legal Regent Of 4
notifies are frequent, the lives Of the male rulers
being 70 often nrenaturrif terminated through
iEe eject OF inactivity and sens1al e1ccsSes.
When We consider that these Processes have
with any nan not OF ther own family, except
fEuE behind curtain; that they DO not read. ana,
II thPx did, thtre is no bonk in thett lAnGu lGe5
which can give them tho smallest instruction on
political affair, the example they AFFORD OF the
natural capacity Of woncu for government Is scs5
Striking -