CHAPTER XIII 



THE FRUITS OF EDUCATION 



WE may sketch very briefly some of the obvious 

 results and accompaniments of] the more thorough 

 and comprehensive educational opening up of phys- 

 iological paths. Among the beneficent results and 

 associations to which we may confidently look for- 

 ward are an improvement in the position of women, 

 changes in the distribution of the profits of business, 

 changes in methods and ideals of government, a great 

 extension of the activities of science and of art, and 

 some radical changes in the attitude of religious 

 teachers. 



Probably no single social factor has so powerful 

 an influence in determining the progress of a nation 

 toward higher ideals as the position of its women. 

 At present no civilized nation can boast of anything 

 like an equality of its women with its men, in respect 

 to education, culture, efficiency, in practical life or 

 moral tone. Even in the United States, where there 

 is probably less difference between the sexes in these 

 important respects, the general superiority of the men 



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