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of it, is the only charity which proves to he charity in the end.
These considerations shew how usefully the part which women take in the formation of general opinion, would be modified for the better by that more enlarged instruction, and practical conversancy Avith the things Avhicli their opinions influence, that Avould necessarily arise from their social and political emancipation. But the improvement it Avould work through the influence they exercise, each in her own family, Avould be still more remarkable.
It is often said that in the classes most exposed to temptation, a mam’s w r ife and children tend to keep him honest and respectable, both by the Avife’s direct influence, and by the concern he feels for their future Avelfarc. This may be so, and no doubt often is so, with those who are more Aveak than Avicked; and this beneficial influence Avould be preserved and strengthened under equal laAvs; it does not depend on the woman's servitude, but is, on the contrary, diminished by the disrespect which the inferior class of men ahvays at heart feel toAvards those Avho are subject to their poAver. But when Ave ascend higher in the scale, Ave come among a totally different set of moving forces. The wife's influence tends, as far as it goes, to prevent the husband from falling beloAv the common standard