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natural complement, not the natural rival of man ; and the qualities 

 of mind wherein he excels were not, sui generis, the most exalted of 

 human faculties. Mere strength, whether of mind or of body, was 

 not the highest criterion of nobility ; the truest grandeur of human 

 nature was revealed by that nature as a whole, and here there could 

 be no doubt that the feminine type was fully equal to the masculine. 

 But while we might hope that social opinion might ever continue to 

 oppose the woman's movement in its most extreme forms — or those 

 forms which aimed at setting up an unnatural and therefore impos- 

 sible rivalry in the struggles of practical life — we might also hope 

 that social opinion would soon become unanimous in its encourage- 

 ment of the higher education of women. 



The lecturer proceeded to enumerate the many advantages to 

 which this would lead, and to dispose of arguments on the other side. 



[G. J. E.] 



