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foregoing chapters We have soon how much on
aoilal .I policy dlsrogards tho claims Of tndlyid
inn I",s 70 waatovor tiolr Efforts purchase, 81
tno aisregard; but, whom individuals suffer Ii
ways conspicuous enough to oxc!te commfaorn.
ton, thoy pct aid, and often ss much lid II thei
sai1orings arc caused by thotnaolvos IN II tho,
This social policy, to which men tond II, m in]i
rlouH degree, women tend to still more. iii,
maternal Instinct delights In yielding bo,tofits
npart from donerts; and, being partially excitot
by whntovor shows . fooblonoss Tint apnoala fol
od), carrles Into social aoiion this preference o.
gonoruaity TO- Justice, even moro tlan mon do
A firthor tendency, having the Hamc general lf
rootlon, reauta from Tho aptitude which tho fol
lnlho intelleot has to dWoll on .
THE CONCRETE AND rnox1MArE ~
rathcr thnn on tho abstract and remote. ,trht
representative M M faculty In women dcalo quietly
and oloarly, with tito personal, tho spooini and
tho Immediate; but loss readily graaps the gen.
efal ana u tho imporaonnl. vivid Imagination ol
from her mind the imagination Of consequences
that nre complex and Indirect. Tho respective
bollayiora OF mothora mud fathers to childro,i
1sauifncie''ty oxomplify this difference; mothore
thinking chiefly Of prosont eirocs on Tho conluc.
offoots on thoir olarnoicrs; whilo fathorn often
Fepfosa the promptings OF their BytnpAtlios with
q WOW to ultimate benefits. And this difference
DStWoeh thelr ways Of cusinating consequences.
aaaoting thelr 1udements on social affairs on
1omeBtlo a1lnifst makes women err still more
that' men do in seeking what seems nj, in,inedi.
nto public good without thought Of distant pub.
lsc OWLS. Once moro, wo hayc In wo1uon tho
predominant -
AWE OF POWER AND AUTHORITY. !
iswaeylng thoir ,s idoas and sontinents about oil
ing Of governments, political and cccloBlaatlcal.
Faith In whatevcr presents itsolf with imposing
accompanimonts ia for the reason above I'd.
signed, especially strong In women. Doubt, or
established, Is rare among them. Honco in a
public atruiiH, thoir influence COOS toward tho
maintenance of controlling agencies, aud docs
not roaist tho extension Of such agencoa; ratllcr
in pursuit OF immediate promised benolts,
tho concrete good IN Wow oxciudea
from their thoughts tho remote evils
Of multiplied restraints. Royoroncing power
moro than men do, women, by Implication, re-
epeet freedom loss,-.irccdom, that ie not Of tho
sists IN tho ability Of each to carry on his own
1ifo without hindCanco from othorg 40 lonr NO
le does not hindor them.
As factors in social pilohomens these distino-
tive montal traits OF womon hayo ever to be re-
pa't, a1d, In modern daya,
=. VERY NOTABLE PART.
In determining social arrangements. Tley act
both directly and Indirectly. Directly, they lako
largo, II not tho lasgor share in that ceremonial
government which supplements tho political aud
ecclesiastical governments; and, as supporters Of
these other goyornments, especially tic occlesi-
astical, their direct aid iH' by no means ,nim-
portant. Indirectly, they oct by modifying tIo
opinions md sentiments of met,-frat, III odu-
cation, whom tho expression ogmaternal Thoughts
and feelings Affects the thoughts and feelings
OF boys. and aftorward in domestic and aocial
intorcoureo, during which the feminine sontf.
menta sway mems public acts, both consciously
and urconsciousfy.. Whether 1t is desirable that
tho share already takon by women in determine
ing aocial arrangements and actions should bo
oro a% soneornod marey to nam
out TINT, in tho course of psychological prepnra-
lion for tho study Of Sociology, we must include
The comparative psychology Of the aexes 30
lint, If any. chnnge is made, wo may mako It
knowing whnt we are doing.