But after all it is the intellect of man which really comes into
account in connexion with "the mass of mental faculties available for
the higher service of mankind."

The maintenance of the conditions which allow of man's doing his best
intellectual work is therefore an interest which is superior to that
of the intellectual development of woman. And woman might quite
properly be referred for her intellectual development to instructional
institutions which should be special to herself.

Coming to the question of the intimate resemblances between the
masculine and the feminine intelligence, no man would be venturesome
enough to dispute these, but he may be pardoned if he thinks--one
would hope in no spirit of exaltation--also of the differences.

We have an instructive analogy in connexion with the learned
societies.

It is uncontrovertible that every candidate for election into such a
society will have, and will feel that he has, affinities with the
members of that association. And he is invited to set these forth in
his application. But there may also be differences of which he is not
sensible. On that question the electors are the judges; and they are
the final court of appeal.

There would seem to be here a moral which the feminist would do well
to lay to heart.

There is also another lesson which she might very profitably consider.
A quite small difference will often constitute as effective a bar to a