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enabled to hold their own Several nentol
traitR helped them to do this.
Wo NAV Bnt dnyn {frst

In pleasing would DO tho most 1koly to R,,ryiv "a
Gnd leave postorlty.. And [recognlzing lilo pre-
dominant descent Of qualities on tho Bamo sllo)
te, acting on a.tccesaivo gonorationa, tended to
establish, as n fomtnlno trait, a Bpocial solicit
to this oni.
Similarly, tho wives Of mcroilcss uavagoa npst,
o. oth9r thinRs equal have rrospcredin proportion
to their powora OF
| D1sou1s1Na THEIR rEE11sos.
women WHO betrayed tho state of antagonisrn
produced in them by ill-treatmout would 10 loss
| nkoly to survive aud leave offspring than those
wno concealed their nntngonism mud hence, by
inheritance md soleotion; growth Of this trait
proportionato to tho requirement. In some
| oaseB. ngalp, tho arts Of persuasion enabled
women to protect themselves, md by impllca-
! ton their offspring, where, In the absence Of
would have roarod fowor cLilron. One further
ability may bn nnlnol rs likely to DO cultivated
aud established tho ability to
| DISTINGUISH QUICKLY THE PASSING FEELINGS
Of those around. In barbarous timoHt a woman
WHO could, from movement, tono OF voice, or
expression Of faco, fnBtGntiy detect In hor snv-
age huBbAnd tho passion TINT WIS rising, would
| 20 likely to oscape dargers run into by woman
less aailsod in interpreting the natural language
Of this power, and tho survival Of those having
most of 1t, wo may infer its establishment og =
feminine faculty. Ordinarily, this fenliniuo foc-
ulty, showing itsolf in an aptitude for glosB-
aus tAo ntAtu u AlIIlA t4IUEhu THO GXtQfQnl
signa, ends simply In lntuitions formed without
assignahlo reasons; but when, Do happens in
rare ,cases, thoro is Joined With 1t skill IN
Psychologioal Analysis, there results al cxtrcme-
aFoa Y "f osra ability f IT, t. 6nt9Rfet TIL tho mental
living example neyer hitherto lparalloled among
women, md In but fow, if any, casca exceeded
among men.
OF course, It is not asserted that tho epecal-
YplODGd in Wotngn hv lin rerb4p1fioa n f1oFarun
in thoir dealings with mon, are peculiar to
taonl. In mon nlBo they haYo boon developed
az aids to defonHo IN thor dealings with ono
another. But tho diiforenco is, tint, whorons
In tholr dealings Wilt ono Auotllor, mon depond.
I'D ON those aids only in soma measure women
In their dealings with men depended upon thom
almost y,--within tho domeBlo circle 40
well as without It. Hence. in virtno Of that par
throughout Nature show ns,, they lavo como to
Ono further distinctive montal trait III women
springs out Of tho relation Of the Boxes as ad-
effect which
THE MANIFESTATION OF POWER
OF overy kind of mon has In determining tho
attachmonts Of women. That this is traft ii,-
eyitably produced will be manifest on asking
Wnat would hayo happened IL had By
men. # tho woakor mon Ind habitually left
posterity When tho atronger dfd not, q progress
sivo doterioration OF tho raco would have ro-
aulto Clearly therefore, IL naa happened
allowed feminine choice to play an impor~
tant part) that, among womon unlike in their
tastes, those who wero fascinated by power,
protect them and their children, wero moro like
ly to survive In poBtority than women to whom
weaker mon wero pleasing, and whose obildron
were both losa efficiently gaarlod and less caps-
nle Of sell fproservaton If they reached maturity.
To this admiration for power, caused thus III
evitably. is asoribable tho faot sometimes com
lnented upon as strange, that women will CON
tinuo attached to mon who uso ttcm i'll, but
y brutality goes along with power, moro
who uso thom vol. With this admiration Of |
power, primarily having this function, there
goes tho admiration Of power in general, which
,s |. J., moro marked =, in women than ii mon,
cally and politically. That tho emotion
OF awe aroused by contemplating whatever sug-
gosts tranBcendent forco or capacity, which con-
atitutes |
~ RELIGIOUS FEELING,
la strongest in wonlon, is proved In many yonre
We road that among the GrcekB tho women were |
more rolfgiously oxoitGble tllan the men. Sir |
rutherford Alcock teH uB Of the Japauesc, tint |
" In tho temples 1t is very raro to SEQ any cum
grogation except women and chiltlron; tho men,
tho lowor classes." OF tho pilgrims to tho Tom
plo OF Juggorna1ti it is ataled Tat 1t ieast i've
sxths,. and ofton uiuo-tonths, Of them are To-
maos." And we aro also told Of tho si!thy, Tint
TO-, Which facts, coming from different racos
n thst tho 'S like SstsnSy fast faa1 sl0" to us us
IN Roman Catholic countries, uni to some
Dxtont at home, is not, aa many think, duo to
n natural character. and to this game cause is
n like manner ascribcd tho creator respcct feIt
'y women for all ombolmonts md symbols of
authority, II; governmental and social.
helr respective parental functions implies men
al differences botween tia soxoa, Us it inlpliog
'odily dtforcnceB,
IS Jusr1F1ED
9 is also tho kindred Inference TINT secondary
anoronsoa aro ,ieca6sitatod by their relations to
nd women which, undor the conditions, woro
be expected, arc the unlilsonesses we
ctually fluid. THAT they arc fixed in dogroo,
y no mean1 follows; indeed, tho contrary
hom arc BY adaptation Of primitive womou's
atures to tho natures Of primitive mon, it is
1farablo TINT, MS civilization readfusts mons
aturos to h1glor nocial requirements, thoro
10 natures Of mon and women, tendlng ein sun
~ roapecta to diminish their differences,
Especially may wo anticipate that those mental
eouliaritios developed In women, rs aids to
uItuH0 aEniHel men IN pAfDhr0uB times, will
im!nish. It is probable too, that. though ali
inds Of power will continue to bo attractive to
iem, tho attraotiyoncsa Of phyafcal strength and
l9 10 montal attributes that commonly 60 atong
ith it will decline, while tho attributes wl1icR
onduce to social illtluouco will become moro at |
Eactiyc. Further, 1t is to be- anticipated that
no nlShcr culture OF women, carried Oh within .
ucl. l1nita as shall not uuluy tux tic physiouo {
and horo, by higher culture, do not moan
aero language-loarning and IN extension Of lie I
e!cstabe y cramming-p pYstem ut proaont IN uso)
Illl IN other ways reduce tho contrast. Slowly
ss.ains D. to the result everywhere aeon through /
ut tho organic world, Of soIf-proserying power {
4versely prooportionate to tho race c-prosoryina !
over, 1t will entail less carly arrest Of ,udIe
idual evolution and diminution Of thoao nell !
Il differences between men aud women which {
10 early arrest PRODUCES.
Admitting such to DO changes which tho future /
III probably seo wrought out, wo have noar-
hllo to bear in mind tlloso traits Of intellect
nd fooling which distinguish womon, and to .
sho noto Of them as factors In social theuomo-
q, a,-muoh more important factors than We com. ,
lonly suppose. Considering them III the aboyo q