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A Series of Essays

THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON

1881

PREFATORY NOTE

CONTENTS

I OUGHT WOMEN TO LEARN THE ALPHABET?

II PHYSIOLOGY

TOO MUCH NATURAL HISTORY

DARWIN, HUXLEY, and BUCKLE

THE SPIRIT OF SMALL TYRANNY

THE NOBLE SEX

THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR GRANDMOTHERS

THE PHYSIQUE OF AMERICAN WOMEN

THE LIMITATIONS OF SEX

III TEMPERAMENT

THE INVISIBLE LADY

SACRED OBSCURITY

VIRTUES IN COMMON

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES

ANGELIC SUPERIORITY

VICARIOUS HONORS

THE GOSPEL OF HUMILIATION

CELERY AND CHERUBS

THE NEED OF CAVALRY

THE REASON FIRM, THE TEMPERATE WILL

ALLURES TO BRIGHTER WORLDS, AND LEADS THE WAY

IV THE HOME

WANTED--HOMES

THE ORIGIN OF CIVILIZATION

THE LOW-WATER MARK

OBEY

WOMAN IN THE CHRYSALIS

TWO AND TWO

A MODEL HOUSEHOLD

A SAFEGUARD FOR THE FAMILY

WOMEN AS ECONOMISTS

GREATER INCLUDES LESS

A COPARTNERSHIP

ONE RESPONSIBLE HEAD

ASKING FOR MONEY

WOMANHOOD AND MOTHERHOOD

A GERMAN POINT OF VIEW

CHILDLESS WOMEN

THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO MOTHERS

V SOCIETY

FOAM AND CURRENT

IN SOCIETY

THE BATTLE OF THE CARDS

SOME WORKING-WOMEN

THE EMPIRE OF MANNERS

GIRLSTEROUSNESS

ARE WOMEN NATURAL ARISTOCRATS?

MRS. BLANK'S DAUGHTERS

THE EUROPEAN PLAN

VI STUDY AND WORK

EXPERIMENTS

INTELLECTUAL CINDERELLAS

CUPID-AND-PSYCHOLOGY

SELF-SUPPORTING WIVES

THOROUGH

LITERARY ASPIRANTS

THE CAREER OF LETTERS

TALKING AND TAKING

HOW TO SPEAK IN PUBLIC

VII PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT

WE THE PEOPLE

THE USE OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

SOME OLD-FASHIONED PRINCIPLES

FOUNDED ON A ROCK

THE GOOD OF THE GOVERNED

RULING AT SECONDHAND

VIII SUFFRAGE

DRAWING THE LINE

FOR SELF-PROTECTION

WOMANLY STATESMANSHIP

TOO MUCH PREDICTION

FIRST-CLASS CARRIAGES

EDUCATION via SUFFRAGE

FOLLOW YOUR LEADERS

HOW TO MAKE WOMEN UNDERSTAND POLITICS

INFERIOR TO MAN, AND NEAR TO ANGELS

IX OBJECTIONS TO SUFFRAGE.

THE FACT OF SEX

HOW WILL IT RESULT?

I HAVE ALL THE RIGHTS I WANT

SENSE ENOUGH TO VOTE

AN INFELICITOUS EPITHET

THE ROB ROY THEORY

THE VOTES OF NON-COMBATANTS

MANNERS REPEAL LAWS

DANGEROUS VOTERS

HOW WOMEN WILL LEGISLATE

INDIVIDUALS vs. CLASSES

DEFEATS BEFORE VICTORIES