. The great American book of biography . isters sake, all true women seek to help both men andwomen In the solution of the great problems of modern civilization. To bestrong-minded was once thought a crime In woman, but upon strength of mindthere is a premium now. The bread-winning weapon, eagerly sought and firmlyheld in the delicate but untrembling hand of woman, is the only sword sheneeds. We would make her thoroughly independent of marriage, that she 632 SPHERE OF WOMAN. still might choose its old and sacred path from motives more complimentary tothe man of her choice than that He will be
. The great American book of biography . isters sake, all true women seek to help both men andwomen In the solution of the great problems of modern civilization. To bestrong-minded was once thought a crime In woman, but upon strength of mindthere is a premium now. The bread-winning weapon, eagerly sought and firmlyheld in the delicate but untrembling hand of woman, is the only sword sheneeds. We would make her thoroughly independent of marriage, that she 632 SPHERE OF WOMAN. still might choose its old and sacred path from motives more complimentary tothe man of her choice than that He will be a good provider. We wouldeducate her thoroughly, that she might be the comrade of her husband and hersons, for while religion and affection form two of the strands in the cable thatbinds human hearts together in the home, we believe that intellectual sympathyis that third bright strand which this glad age is weaving, and that no charmmore holy or enduring survived the curse of Eden. We would endow her withpower in Church and State, that. these two hierarchies might belongto the many and not to the few, tothe people, and not to priest andpolitician. We would make womanpartner in the great worlds activi-ties, that she might more greatlyendow the children whose giftsdepend so largely on her goodness,greatness, and grace. God made woman with herfaculties, her traits, her way oflooking at all great questions fromthe highest to the lowest, and hemade her to be a helpmeet forman, and he made man to be ahelpmeet for her ; he made them tostand in a republic, as I believe,bearing equally its magnificentburdens. The world needs thetender sweetness of the alto voice,the jubilant good-will of the soprano,in sermon as in psalm ; tenor andbass become monotonous at last,and the full diapason of power and inspiration is impossible except we listen tothe full chorus of humanity. God hasten that great chorus, in church and statealike, with its deep-hearted love and its celestial hope ! JULIA WARD
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