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important effects are produced by physical force or other direct and obvious means; both the effects and the power by which they are produced, are readily understood. But when important results are brought about by means which operate silently and quietly, the public may not be aware of the causes by which such effects are accomplished. When we witness political, judicial or financial gatherings, and see no form and hear no voice but those of men—when we urge our way through the busy street, amid the rude trampings and loud greetings of men, it seems as though everything was managed by our own sex. But if we enter the parlor or take a peep into the nursery, we shall soon find our mistake. We shall see that the power itself which moves the thousand wheels without, resides within—not a physical, but amoral power