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is very sure of getting if her cause is good, for the administra- 
tion of justice is one function of government. 
et us suppose that woman should share equally with man 
the administration of justice. Could she execute her decisions 
were on her side, would women stand as good a chance of justice 
from their own sex as from men? Knowledge of women an- 
swers in the negative. We think women generally would prefer 
to trust men for justice in preference to women. It is evident, 
then, that in those departments of government which most con- 
cern women, their aid is unnecessary. We do not touch on the 
many questions of government “support and protection,” into 
which women generally do not care to enter. 
rimitive reason w men protect and support women 
remains in as full force to-day as it ever did, and through it the 
latter get more than justice. And if the diversity of sex charac- 
ters continues to increase as it has been doing, these reasons wil 
grow stronger instead of weaker. We see no evil in sucha pros- 
ect. The passion, emotion, or sentiment of love is a great 
civilizer. Like the lower creation, man puts on his best dress 
under its peeing No greater evil can befall society than the 
undervaluation of this sentiment. The slurs upon it, which are 
so common in society and in the press, come from persons who 
either do not understand the order of nature, or who are for- 
bidden by some sinister destiny from conforming to it—C. 
Immortality of the Personal Consciousness.—A symposium 
on this subject was recently published in the Easter number of 
the Christian Register (Unitarian) periodical of Boston. Eighteen 
r: 
in this country), sent short articles expressing their views on 
the following hoe questions, proposes: by the editor of the 
Register: “1. Are there any facts in the possession of modern 
science which make it difficult a believe in the immortality of 
the personal consciousness? 2. Is there anything in the dis- 
coveries of science which would support or strengthen the belief 
in immortality? 3. Do you consider the question beyond the 
pale of science altogether ?” 
The replies are various, and may be classified as follows: 
=o i: TAR evidence from science is opposed to a belief in immor- 
ity 
a. No affirmative evidence mentioned. Leidy, Ward, New- 
B. Immortality a gift of God. T. S. Hunt. 
= Agnostic (1). 
3, Science not unfavorable (8). 
