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Rh purue an intellectual object, I may be allowed to infer that reaon is abolutely neceary to enable a woman to perform any duty properly, and I mut again repeat, that enibility is not reaon. The comparion with the rich till occurs to me; for, when men neglect the duties of humanity, women will do the ame; a common tream hurries them both along with thoughtles celerity. Riches and honours prevent a man from enlarging his undertanding, and enervate all his powers by revering the order of nature, which has ever made true pleaure the reward of labour. Pleaure—enervating pleaure is, likewie, within women's reach without earning it. But, till hereditary poeions are pread abroad, how can we expect men to be proud of virtue? And, till they are, women will govern them by the mot direct means, neglecting their dull dometic duties to catch the pleaure that is on the wing of time.

'The power of the woman,' ays ome author, is her enibility;' and men, not aware of the conequence, do all they can to make this power wallow up every other. Thoe who contantly employ their enibility will have mot; for example; poets, painters, and compoers. Yet, when the enibility is thus increaed at the expene of reaon, and even the imagination, why Rh