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    332 ORGANIZATION.

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    make that Impression which no single woman , however elevated in rankor raised hy ability above her companionscan possibly do .

    , , As women , as well as men , aid in forming * public opinion , they ought to represent it , and in this -way influence others to judge for

    themselves in all matters touching them so nearly as health of mind and body , neither of "which can exist without the balance

    being properly adjusted , and the aliment needful for each supplied . It is full time that women should be better taught than to confound

    the moral virtues , or the mental faculties , or even the physical differences of sexwith what is in reality humanity itselfand as

    , , such of primary importance : the divine germ which is to expand and blossom into the immortal , being the gift of God to both sexes

    without distinction , and to be accounted for accordingly . We are all aware of the presence amongst us of an astounding

    superfluity of women , of the want of remunerative employment for these "women , of the enforced Idleness of many , and of the defective

    education , mental and physical , ( perhaps from a high point of view we might add moral , ) of nearly all . The leaven now endeavoring

    to leaven the lump is not large , and Is as yet working itself into the mass rather in a chance fashion . With whatever lively

    sympathies the sex may be endowed , it is useless to attempt to shut our of eyes such to a the demand fact that , as their yet , the exertions great maj or orit if sensible y are either of it i are gnorant slow upon

    to respond . The public may with truth , congratulate , the , leaders of the movementwhether of one sex or the otherupon their zeal and

    , , perseverance , and likewise , although to a more limited extent , upon the practical benefits they have conferred .

    We feel inclined to ask , how comes it that women do not more eagerly grasp the hands held out to aid themby which they may

    rise in the social scale , and perform those duties , to themselves and to the community at large which have hitherto been left undone ,

    or at best performed indolently and carelessly . Public opinion is now so far enlisted on the side of the question

    of the improvement of women , that it permits and encourages them to speak for themselves , to declare what they want , and to propose

    plans they desire to see carried out for the good of all . This is a great _stej ) gained ; for hitherto , men have persisted upon defining the

    nature of women , dogmatising on their capabilities , and managing * all the affairs of those beings of their imaginationuntil the so

    taken care of grown-up children , never being expected , to use either their own eyes , or their own ears , became forgetful of the fact that ,

    In common with their directors , they had heads of their own , with eyes and ears for their own special use . A woman may now

    venture to show a j ) _hotograj ) h of herself of her own taking , and also to _exjDress an opinion about her own affairswithout being

    told that she knows nothing , and had better not think , of matters beyond her province . Her voice is now listened to by those whose

    approval is -worth having .

    332 Organization.

    332 _ORGANIZATION .

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1861, page 332, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011861/page/44/