I know that a little ſenſibility, and great weakneſs, will produce a ſtrong ſexual attachment, and that reaſon muſt cement friendſhip; conſequently, I allow that more friendſhip is to be found in the male than the female world, and that men have a higher ſenſe of juſtice. The excluſive affections of women ſeem indeed to reſemble Cato's moſt unjuſt love for his country. He wiſhed to cruſh Carthage, not to ſave Rome, but to promote its vain-glory; and, in general, it is to ſimilar principles that humanity is ſacrificed, for genuine duties ſupport each other.
Beſides, how can women be juſt or generous, when they are the ſlaves of injuſtice?
As the rearing of children, that is, the laying a foundation of ſound health both of body and mind in the riſing generation, has juſtly been inſiſted on as the peculiar deſtination of woman, the ignorance that incapacites them muſt be contrary to the order of things. And I contend that their minds can take in much more, and ought to do ſo, or they will never become ſenſible mothers. Many men attend to the breeding of horſes, and overlook the management of the ſtable, who would, ſtrange want of ſenſe and feeling! think themſelves degraded by paying any attention to the nurſery; yet, how many children are abſolutely murdered by the ignorance of women! But when they eſcape, and are neither deſtroyed by unnatural negligence nor blind fondneſs, how few are managed properly with reſpect to the in-
