[Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers by Ian Maclaren]@TWC D-Link bookKate Carnegie and Those Ministers CHAPTER IX 16/18
Would a jury of women be as impartial as a jury of men? Why, a bad-looking man would have no chance, for they would condemn him at once, not for what he did, but for what they imagined he was." "Which would save a lot of time and rid society of some precious scoundrels," with vivid recollections of her own efforts in this direction.
"Then you grant that women have some intelligence, although no sense of justice, which is a want ?" "Far brighter than men," said Carmichael, eagerly; "just consider the difference between a man's and a woman's speech.
A man arranges and argues from beginning to end, and is the slave of connection.
He will labour every idea to exhaustion before he allows it to escape, and then will give a solemn cough by way of punctuating with a full stop, before he goes on to his next point.
Of course the audience look at their watches and make for the door." "What would a woman do ?" Kate inquired with much interest. "A lady was speaking lately at Muirtown for an orphanage at Ballyskiddle, and described how Patsy was rescued from starvation, and greatly affected us.
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