18 CHARACTER OF THE MORE IMPASSIONED WOMAN. 



given over to pleasure ; but, whatever else she may be, 

 she is not habitually fitful, or restless, or captious, or 

 censorious. No circumstance can convert her into a 

 nagging woman. When fairly capable she diffuses 

 an atmosphere of repose, and unconsciously she con- 

 soles and heals. Although she may be outwardly 

 calm, there are underneath more or less deep emotions 

 and perhaps impossible dreams. 



The girl of deeply emotional temperament matures 

 slowly. Slowly her reason clears, her emotions deepen, 

 her judgment ripens. At eighteen she is open, simple, 

 trustful, childlike. In insight, in keen-wittedness, in 

 resoluteness she is another woman at twenty-eight. 

 At thirty-eight if circumstance be not unfavourable 

 every charm of character is heightened. It is difficult 

 to say when her best days are over. In her old age 

 the weary find refuge in her quiet and experienced 

 grace. Even if not highly capable or educated, she 

 frequently does good by doing nothing save being quiet 

 and sympathetic 



When women (and men) of the two temperaments 

 have equal capabilities, the slower development of the 

 contemplative and more impassioned woman puts her 

 at a disadvantage. The active and less impassioned 

 woman gives apter response to educational measures ; 

 she is quicker to apprehend and her memory is better 

 less turned aside by feeling ; she has a quicker instinct 

 to see what the teacher wishes to impart and what the 

 examiner wishes to extract. She gains academic 

 distinctions much more easily, and therefore is more 

 frequently selected to fill high, supervising, directing, 

 and responsible positions. As a rule, she fills them 

 with distinction and advantage. It is not always so. 

 Sometimes high position causes her to ' lose her head/ 



