The strong individuality of her character was asserting its claims even in this hour of severe mental pain.
"Equal in the eyes of God, as I have said before, but where action is concerned one must take precedence of the other, for, it cannot be, seeing that their office and duties are different, that their judgment in the general affairs of life can be equally clear.

A man's work takes him out into the world, and throws him into sharp collision with other men.

He learns, as a consequence, to think carefully and with deliberation, and to decide with caution, knowing that action, based on erroneous conclusions, may ruin his prospects in an hour.

Thus, like the oak, which, grows up exposed to all elemental changes, his judgment gains strength, while his perceptions, constantly trained, acquire clearness.

But a woman's duties lie almost wholly within this region of strife and action, and she remains, for the most part, in a tranquil atmosphere.
Allowing nothing for a radical difference in mental constitution, this difference of training must give a difference of mental power.
The man's judgment in affairs generally must be superior to the woman's, and she must acquiesce in its decisions or there can be no right union in marriage." "Must lose herself in him," said Irene, coldly.