328 FOOT-NOTES TO EVOLUTION. 
from a man’s standpoint, not from that of humanity. 
From the standpoint of the race, the sexes can not be 
unequal. The one sex balances the other. 
The line in the long run must be drawn 
evenly and equally. If in any race of 
people the woman does not do her share 
of the life work, the process of natural selection sets this 
race aside in favour of some one more normally con- 
stituted. 
As road menders, soldiers, workmen, we may admit» 
the inferiority of woman. I have seen women har- 
nessed with dogs in Holland, drawing 
through the canals a vessel on which 
a man sits to steer. It is said in Italy 
that “women are better than dogs for carrying bur- 
dens, but not so good as mules.’”’ This may be, but it 
is not well for Italy that its women are brought into ° 
competition with its mules. 
“You can get more in your market for a quart of 
milk than a quart of blood,” says Thoreau, “ but yours 
is not the market heroes carry their blood to.” Nor 
should womanhood be forced to compete in a market 
which values only physical strength. But this labour 
market of Italy or Holland does not represent the per- 
manent relations of life. The work of the woman lies 
primarily with the young. In the nursery and the 
schools of to-day the history of to-morrow is written. 
Doubtless the investigations of man, his ingenuity, and 
his force have been tremendous factors in the history 
of civilization. It is not necessary to belittle them to 
recognise the helpfulness of woman. The making of 
men is the woman’s part. The home and the schools 
are as large a factor in human progress as the railway 
and the telegraph. The work of woman looks forward 
to the future. As her work is important so is her edu- 
Woman from 
man’s stand- 
point. 
Unnatural 
competition. 
