. Babyhood . eto married happiness to exaggerate by dif-ferences of education whatever may be thenative differences of the sexes. If the mar-ried pair are well bred and well behaved peo-ple, they tolerate each others tastes: but ismutual toleration what people look forwardto when they enter into marriage? The deepest friendships may existbetween men and women where thereis no thought or possibility of mar-riage, if a mental equality is recog-nized, whereas friendships of only themost superficial character can obtainwhere one sex is conscious of the men- 60 BABYHOOD. tal inferiority of the othe
. Babyhood . eto married happiness to exaggerate by dif-ferences of education whatever may be thenative differences of the sexes. If the mar-ried pair are well bred and well behaved peo-ple, they tolerate each others tastes: but ismutual toleration what people look forwardto when they enter into marriage? The deepest friendships may existbetween men and women where thereis no thought or possibility of mar-riage, if a mental equality is recog-nized, whereas friendships of only themost superficial character can obtainwhere one sex is conscious of the men- 60 BABYHOOD. tal inferiority of the other. To pro-mote this feeling of mental equality,regardless of sex, intellectual standardsfrom earliest childhood should be thesame. That the man may respect thewoman, the boy should respect thegirl. This difference in the education ofthe sexes is growing, let us rejoice, lessmarked as time advances. We stillhear a good deal about the experi-mental stage of higher education,since it has not yet been proved that. it does not interfere with womansfunctions. Yet women go serenelyon taking yearly their summa cumlaude, and, to crown all, they evenmarry and become the physicians de-light, the intelligent mothers ofchildren. Though women may well feel them-selves plaintiffs in a pending legalcause, we believe there is more reasonto feel encouraged at the present in-tellectual outlook than to be disheart-ened.
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