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the same intense mental strain that boys and men are now subjected to, 

 owing to our much-lauded civilization, then one of the great safeguards to 

 our national health will be gone ; hitherto the female portion of the popu- 

 lation has had at least a chance of escaping work and labour from which 

 the male portion could not escape ; but now they cry out against being 

 debarred from those pursuits which are open to men, and are striving to com- 

 pete with him in his arduous professional tasks, instead of being thankful 

 that their lot has been cast in less stony places, and that they are not, as a 

 sex, obliged to earn their livelihood at the expense of excessive brain-work, 

 impaired health, and often premature death. 



Note. — I have, here and there m these papers, used the words of well-known writers 

 upon this subject without, in each case, quoting as a distinct reference. 



