174 Heredity and Social Progress 



strong character is the result of a natural dif- 

 ferentiation with which men have little to do, 

 but the strength of weak characters is in their 

 hands. Men can level up their weaknesses 

 until their whole nature is strong. 



Conscious education now acquires a defi- 

 nite scope in the field where man's power is 

 greatest. The awakening of strong characters 

 requires no stimulus from without rather 

 should it be delayed than hastened. Real 

 education is the bringing of the weak in one 

 set of individuals up to the level of the strong 

 in others. The standard is always an objec- 

 tive one the manifestation of the natural 

 characters in the strong. Men's defects may 

 be measured and improved by the standards 

 set by women in whom these characters are 

 natural, and women's defects may be eradi- 

 cated by imposing on them the standards and 

 the thoughts of men. In so far as education 

 moulds men and women, it will be more effec- 

 tive if the education of men is in the hands of 

 women and that of women in the hands of men. 

 So will education create that equality which 

 the process of natural differentiation prevents. 



