A Mortal Antipathy; First Opening of the New Portfolio
A Mortal Antipathy; First Opening of the New Portfolio
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894
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I have had my lonely hours and days, as he has had. I have had some of his experiences in my intercourse with na- ture. And oh ! if I could draw him into those better human relations which await us all, if we come with the right dispositions, I should blush if I stopped to inquire whether I violated any conventional rule or not. You will understand me, I feel sure. You believe, 196 A MORTAL ANTIPATHY. do you not? in the insignificance of the barrier which divides the sisterhood from the brother...hood of man- kind. You believe, do you not ? that they should be educated side by side, that they should share the same pursuits, due regard being had to the fitness of the particular individual for hard or light work, as it must always be, whether we are dealing with the " stronger " or the " weaker " sex. I mark these words because, notwithstanding their common use, they involve so much that is not true. Stronger ! Yes, to lift a bar- rel of flour, or a barrel of cider, — though there have been women who could do that, and though when John Wesley was mobbed in Staffordshire a woman knocked down three or four men, one after another, until she was at last overpowered and nearly murdered.
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