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    Let woman ' s love do all it can , and more than anything else in this world it can do ; but let it not be done slavishly , mechanically , alike for the worthy and the unworthy . That which man demands of woman , she has a right to ask of him ; in the measure she metes , to be repaid ; and if she gives gold she should take no

    other coinage . In cases of moral bankruptcy—yes , even then , be they ever so desperate , let her be the abiding prop , and certificate the insolvent , if it be from a principle of attachment existing in herself , or from a prospect of redemption existing in the defaulter—while there be hope or holiness in the exertion of female

    fondness , be it made . But let her not cling from a principle of mercenary dependence , growing out of man ' s monopoly of the means of existence ; nor from a faith in the presumptuous axiom , that woman was made for man—not more than he was made for her ; there can be no contract without two parties ; the first who violates the conditions of the contract renders it void : and each

    party is then justly free ; whatever they may be politically : but how beautiful is the freedom of the unoffending , though the world may know little of the feeling which makes it beautiful ; with that at her heart , let her look to nothing but God and herself . It is certain that institutions affect those living under them , but it is also certain that people react upon institutions ; and if a people , or any portion of a people , are determined to enjoy and deserve freedom and equity , they need never despair of obtaining them .

    Executive power must in a great measure be lodged in the hands of men , as legislators , social and political ; but inasmuch as human nature is fallible , a safeguard must be sought against the contingencies of incapacity , injustice ^ and error , in the

    capability of the people in the one case , and of women in the other . The holder of power will be less likely to abuse it in proportion as he feels that those for whom he acts can appreciate and uphold him when he does well ; and will contemn and call him to order if he does otherwise .

    I do not contend for public offices for women , but I do not therefore admit , when properly educated , their incapacity for them , or the inexpediency , in many cases , of their being admitted to them . While human society is compounded of the two sexes , so also should be human legislation . Suppose woman suddenly

    endowed with all which man presumes to be solely his own—how would he like to be the unvoiced , unregarded , unquestioned being which woman is—receiving from her laws and regulations without any inquiry being made how far they are consistent with his peculiar talents , feelings , and wishes ? To those still disposed to smile at the idea of female legislators , I will ask what kind of state counsellors would those men who serve in drapers and mercers' shops make ? Of course most inefficient ones—and why ? Not because they carry less

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    110 Female Education .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1835, page 110, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2642/page/30/