To her mind it is to be unfriendly.

This propensity to give a personal turn to things is an expression of that intensity of nature which makes her, as Mr.Kipling has truthfully put it, "more deadly than the male!" She _must_ be that--were she not, the race would dwindle.

_He_ would never sacrifice himself as she does for the preservation of the young! This necessity of concentrating her whole being on a little group makes her personal.

The wise woman is she who recognizes that like all great forces this, too, has its weakness.

Because a woman must be "more deadly than the male" in watching her offspring is no reason she should be so in guarding an opinion.