22 THE MEANING OF SEX. 



to the young more and more of environment, as well 

 as of heredity. Continued life of adult animals, justi- 

 fied in Evolution, by care for the young. 



Sex differentiation produces change in life-habits, 

 and this reacts on the organism. Strength, push, and 

 initiative more and more thrown on the male. Devo- 

 tion and sympathy ; radicalism and conservatism. 



Mental and physical qualities of men and women 

 as affected by division of labor. Women rarely excel 

 as explorers, investigators, judges, or warriors. Excel 

 in delicacy, devotion, sympathy, and self-sacrifice. 

 Excel as defenders of young. Female animal always 

 most dangerous when at bay. The defender of the 

 young must be a partisan ; not a judge. 



Growing demand for longer environment on part of 

 parents. Demand for mothers, not merely nurses or 

 chambermaids, but capable of becoming life-long parts 

 of the environment of the strongest and noblest men. 

 u Das Ewigweibliche." 



That division of labor best which will justify itself 

 by being. Nature corrects inequalities by submerging 

 those not in harmony with her purposes. Agitation 

 loosens the bond of the past, and leaves freer in- 

 fluences of the future. The movement of Evolution 

 renders justice to all alike. The best to be is what 

 can be. 



" For woman is not undeveloped man, but diverse." 

 - Tennyson'' 8 " 



