[Footnote 1: _Projet d'une loi portant defense d'apprendre à lire aux
femmes._]




II

PHYSIOLOGY

"Allein, bevor und nachdem man Mutter ist, ist Man ein Mensch; die
mütterliche Bestimmung aber, oder gar die heeliche, kann nicht die
menschliche überwiegen oder ersetzen, sondern sie muss das Mittel,
nicht der Zweck derselben sein."--J.P.F. Richter: Levana, § 89.

"But, before and after being a mother, one is a human being; and
neither the motherly nor the wifely destination can overbalance or
replace the human, but must become its means, not its end."


TOO MUCH NATURAL HISTORY


Lord Melbourne, speaking of the fine ladies in London who were fond of
talking about their ailments, used to complain that they gave him too much
of their natural history. There are a good many writers--usually men--who,
with the best intentions, discuss woman as if she had merely a physical
organization, and as if she existed only for one object, the production and
rearing of children. Against this some protest may well be made.