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the will of the Father and the law of the soul, 

 interpreted this command, it came to mean not 

 merely conduct, but character. "He that looketh 

 upon a woman to lust after her, hath already com- T 

 mitted adultery." Out of the law of Moses and 

 its spiritual interpretation by Christ has grown 

 the true ideal of a single standard, "a white life 

 for two." 



The moral integrity required of woman has 

 proved most beneficial to the race. The same 

 should be demanded of man. He who claims Man's Unjust 

 privileges of dissipation that he would not grant 

 to his sister, is not only unjust but perverted. 

 The public sentiment that sustains his position 

 must be changed if man is to realize his higher 

 possibilities. 



The evils of the double standard permeate all 

 society. It is impossible to estimate its influence 

 upon morals and conduct. It has become so estab- 

 lished as to bias our thinking. Even the best 

 of men and women hold consciously, or subcon- 

 sciously, two sets of morals. Why should a 

 young man be considered a gentleman whose 

 habits are such that if practiced by a woman Two Codes of 

 they would make her an outcast ? Why should it 

 be thought proper for men of high social and 

 political standing to daily enter the bar-room and 

 fraternize with those with whom no lady could 

 associate without being condemned as a bad 

 woman? Why should a man who tells smutty 

 stories and is given to vulgarity be considered a 

 gentleman by men and women who would scorn 

 the woman who would defile her lips with such 

 language? Why condemn an erring girl, but 



