17/21 We will tire him for ever of the widow, and of all emancipated women. Let me see, what are Mrs.Westmacott's main ideas? That is one, is it not ?" "Yes, if they feel they have capabilities for higher things. Then she thinks that every woman who has leisure should take up the study of some branch of science, and that, as far as possible, every woman should qualify herself for some trade or profession, choosing for preference those which have been hitherto monopolized by men. To enter the others would only be to intensify the present competition." "Quite so. |