As I joined the circle, Mr.Holyoake called my attention to the fact that he was the only one in favor of peaceful measures.

"Now," said he, "I have often heard it said on your platform that the feminine element in politics would bring about perpetual peace in government, and here all these ladies are advocating: the worst forms of violence in the name of liberty." "Ah!" said I, "lay on their shoulders the responsibility of governing, and they would soon become as mild and conservative as you seem to be." He then gave us his views on co-operation, the only remedy for many existing evils, which he thought would be the next step toward a higher civilization.
There, too, I met some Positivists, who, though liberal on religious questions, were very narrow as to the sphere of woman.

The difference in sex, which is the very reason why men and women should be associated in all forms of activity, is to them the strongest reason why they should be separated.

Mrs.Hertz belongs to the Harrison school of Positivists.
I went with her to one of Mrs.Orr's receptions, where we met Robert Browning, a fine-looking man of seventy years, with white hair and mustache.

He was frank, easy, playful, and brilliant in conversation.
Mrs.Orr seemed to be taking a very pessimistic view of our present sphere of action, which Mr.Browning, with poetic coloring, was trying to paint more hopefully.
The next day I dined with Margaret Bright Lucas, in company with John P.
Thomasson, member of Parliament, and his wife, and, afterward, we went to the House of Commons and had the good fortune to hear Gladstone, Parnell, and Sir Charles Dilke.