The development of the child.

  • Oppenheim, Nathan, 1865-1916.
Date:
1902
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Credit: The development of the child. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    welcome it as deliverance from the reputed intellect- ual bondage in which so many of them believe that they are held. In addition, the quality of the time demands the change. What women are asking for is not so much an increase in ease and luxury, an increase in the decorative and fantastic elements in life ; on the contrary, more than ever before, I believe, do they long for a high grade of usefulness, for the possibility of making a career for themselves. Such an ambition, capable of all nobility, striving and self-sacrifice, can never be gratified under the conditions of our present education. The elements of satisfying such emotions do not in large enough degree exist. But under con- ditions which would bring about an immeasurable uplifting in the standards of physical, mental and spir- itual existence, there could be no limit to the useful work which would lie at their hands. Under such auspices, marriage would become easier, its disabilities lighter, its reasons stronger than ever. Much of the present “unnatural competition ” would have no reason for existence and so would cease to exist. The com- munity would have more time in which to live, for the time, effort and value that are consumed by faulty methods of management would act as clear gain. Not the least among the advancing steps of the age will be the recognition of the duties, the emoluments and the comparative value of maternity, and when the preparation for it assumes the dignity of a professional