Not Woman, But The Condition Of Woman,

As To Ethics, Unfortunately, We Are Still At Sea. We Never Did Have Any Popular Base For What Little Ethics We Knew, Except The Religious Theories, And Now That Our Faith Is Shaken In Those Theories We Cannot Account For Ethics At All. It Is No Wonder We Behave Badly, We Are Literally Ignorant Of The Laws Of Ethics, Which Is The Simplest Of Sciences, The Most Necessary, The Most Continuously Needed. The Childish Misconduct Of Our 'revolted Youth' Is Quite Equaled By That Of Older People, And Neither Young Nor Old Seem To Have Any Understanding Of The Reasons Why Conduct Is 'good' Or 'bad.

I Was Climbing Up A Mountain-path With Many Things To Do, Important Business Of My Own, And Other People's Too, When I Ran Against A Prejudice That Quite Cut Off The View.

(i Would Not Say It To A Living Soul, Of Course, But This Is Dead Paper And A Great Relief To My Mind

The Original Necessity For The Ceaseless Presence Of The Woman To Maintain That Altar Fire - And It Was An Altar Fire In Very Truth At One Period - Has Passed With The Means Of Prompt Ignition; The Matchbox Has Freed The Housewife From That Incessant Service, But The Feeling That Women Should Stay At Home Is With Us Yet.

The Best Proof Of Man's Dissatisfaction With The Home Is Found In His Universal Absence From It.