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Ar Herbert Spencer, In paper on "Com
~. sat;yc p, chooxy." read before the Ar
chronological Society, and which WI W.
nuhlisbcd iu a rev ionrnal calico A'nH.
ahont to appear under The ediior's' care o'
Professor Kohert.on, made some statement,
uh;ch received CRITICISMS OF KIND 10 "h,ch
philo.opny has not oiieo been sna)ec''u. NV
nod ia deal with the comparative nra'n-
nowsr Of men and women. their ln'e''ec'us
t.mnersments. and the mental evnintion o.
children. He expressed the OPINION tna'
xxonen we're more conserSatve tHan Dep'
and instanced a barbarous tr1he III wp,.n
both seys formerly wen. ent'reiV "'1n"u
c,o,h;np. The males bave for some yeaES
adoDted some slight garment. but TOE "o"en
resolutesy adhere 10 the prImitires Vh.
IN cour.e Mr. Spencer did not ret h's po'
clifton upon tnls instance. bnt a>sutheo TN
truth of An epirion that NAV oe 'esa'ueo
cooyent,on4i. that here IN Eogiand "o'heo
are determined conservatives IN teiis'oh'
~>nI;,;cs and so forth. have several times
heard the same view expressed IN the Az
thIonoloyira, societies wnep no one present
c.red 70 q ies'lon nr discuss the matter. But
that was before the DAYS OF female m'm oer-
o..
nov came had a score Of cultivated women
in il. No enc OF them made any speech. but
ii was plainly uecin-e Of their presence That
the position OF the philosopher vas not
nermit,ed TO 20 unchtleEged. A memher
declared that there @aS 90 evidence tba'
the progressive temperament was weaker
in women than 10 men. 10 great pup
lie matters polfic.l ard ecctcsias'irai-irom
which women bud 80 long been EXCLUDED, VI
which she had no. been trained nor admittcd
TO responsibility, she might feel 'inidi'y IN
expressiny OpiuIoDs or ugIfallDS Tor I'D we
mept. and this timldity might be miStakep
for conservatism TO find out whether wo-
men are progressive they must DE con>ineren
in relation 10 matters amid which they are
familiar. IL could not br s1o"n that IN ta-h
ions, In sociul customs, they we're so cntsfr-
yative "a men. ln The home. II anftnih@
hard and p.trIarchal survive IN 'am'iF 90
yerrlnent, it vas, the speikrr thohen''
usually maintained by the father, WINE
the mother generally ned'a'cd IN ''Fo,
If the more liberal and GENIAL Ideas OF
bousehoid di,ciplinp and erJotment. o.heT
Sneaters t,llowed In the same VEN, ana IL
was Dlajn that they carried with them the
s,nsc OF the largest meeting ever beld IN The
Acknowledged ro0ms With regard TO ne
mental development of children, Mr. Spen-
Ger stated that child'> mud dwell anna de'
tails and particulars, and only by very slow
growth came to tue recognition OF general
ideas, such, for example, a. Jnstic". lni>
opjnion was as priDtedlv criticised as tne
former. Proies- or ftolieston, OF Oxford. SAID
that it was one OF The few points IN "hlco NE
could regard himself "a more competent TO
spesk than Mr. Spencer, since he bad num-
Der Of children and the eminent philosopher
none; and bis experience vas that toere were
few thing, 20 strong IN The chllds mind as
the sense of Justice. There Is nothing
child rescnts so keenly as the slightest demr.
-ture from justice. II round oil applause io''
lowed tnl aud my oppression IS tnat
number OF tanS were totally wrecked. ~
will he observed ibat the Distinguished
writer Of the memoir tripped, 10 the es!'-
male OF the ADthropologlsls, on subjects
wherein his experience is liDlea. btlng
unmarried he can estimate the conservatism
of womrp only IN conversation with them
on other than domestic polltics, and tor the
same reason he has had to evolve The coiids
intellect mainly from bis inner consclou >ness.
The moral Of which IS, that now Wn.n gen
tlem4n's wives ate likely to accompany them
to learned soc etIcS, learned writer's Will DO
well 10 get NJ rIied. Inc Oaccataurea'e
degree will nOt do any more.
There Was oLc thing which Mr.. Herbert
Spencer said IN his paper which has often
been ontirmed in This country. lie slated
that il wa Il characteristic Of a low stage ol
mental 70 NATION TO he comparatively lncu-
rious, We often. he said, eXpec: barbarlau>
10 be Qstoni>hed ny the wonders OF our clVI'-
iZation, because we uncous clou>ly put our.
selves in their place and fancy how such
wonders would strike us 1t never seen be-
fore. But the savage secs sucn things WITH
q feeble eye, nd without knowledge OF The
vast variety Of things with which they must
be compared for their importance to be real
lied. He sees them del icned from their bis
tory and their scientific relationship.
This statement has been illustrated by
every oriental lion whom We have en-.
tertained. The Sultan OF Turkey stood
dumb as wooden post before all the spl,n-
doris with which royalty, nobility, and wealth
surrounded hun in London. The Shah CT
Persia manifested no pleasure In anything hc
saw except Mad me Tu>>aud's waXwoIkS.
and noW the Sultan of ZinZ bar is carrying
the Nil 0Gmirari TO Sucn an extent that
London Is wcarled out With trying to bring
n smile to his hips. He looks just like one
Of those old frieuds of our CHI lhood VIII"
figure in iurbans and long gowns through
the Arabian Nights, and il he had Aladdin's
lamp in his pocket and the magic carpet ~
bis portnanicau, he could not tie more sto.
idly indifferent to the narvels OF En-. ii>h
civilization. Once, indeed, thrill OF JOY passed
through the army of reporters 10y which
the Scyyid is surrounded. 1t was while the
fireworks were going on at the Crys'ai Pa.
lace that the great Arab eurped and made Il
remark 10 DR.. Badger. the IN missionary, a
puffy old gentleman, who acts Us guide aud
Interpreter. But 1t was aScertained that tue
only remark made was "ThsS is some Of
your (Bldger's) work." During the military
muLGuv:e> at Alder>hot his only expression
OF interest WAS in t"o holses that got kicked.
tie asked II they We're hurt. When they
showed him tue huge cannon at WOolwich
he turned from them to notice some children
who stood near, and said 10 DIR. Badger,
SLOW curious TO see little children PLAYING
near these tools OF slaughter" One or two
two remarks he has made which suggest that
he may hide considerable sagacity under
his wooden exlero:. He said the finest
thing be had seen IL England was The
Prince of Wales embracing his children.
That was before he saw the Queen. When
be saw her he delivered ti,nStii Of an amusing
pertuncIionary eulogiuu., and when he was
subsequently shown about the castle re-
marked, This Is oi'J the ca>kat; | have
seen the gem" The khed,r OF Egypt
never made so clever 9 r. mark as hat while
he WAS here. The khedive and tue Seyyiu
are both claiming sovereignty over large re-
gioDs If Atilca, Which neitHer knows any.
thing whatever about and when the time
comes for England to arbi rate in The mater
the Suitan'S two enthusamS-one Tor the
Prince kissing his children, the other for the