ardinier. A
distinguished wrestler, who came to lay hold of her brother, her
muscular and gigantic brother, and measure strength with him,
found that he was absent. "Well," says Kate, "I will wrestle with
you, and if I throw you, you need not wait the return of my
brother." And so she did, and he went away, fully satisfied that
there was no occasion for him, to wait for any more vigorous arm
than Kate Guardinier wielded. Now, wherever there is a strong
arm, adapt its task to its powers--that is the will of High
Heaven. Wherever there are well-trained powers, let these be
recognized powers, and of course the general results can not be
otherwise than happy.

In regard to the great question who shall take the lead in the
family or the community, let me say, that I do not care through
what medium wisdom may reach me, through what medium I may secure
the benefit of healthful guidance. What I want is wisdom. Wisdom,
goodness, and power are the soul of all government. Wherever
these are combined, there you have the results of wisdom,
goodness, and power. Now, then, if the mother in a household, or
even if a daughter in a household, is more distinguished for
these high qualities, for these grand attainments, than any other
member of that family, why, it is nothing but rebellion against
God, it is nothing but gibbering madness, that would make any
member of that family hesitate to avail himself of the guidance
thus offered, of the light of the wisdom which may thus be poured
around him. In God's name, give me wisdom, give me genuine power,
give me magnanimity!--as to the incidents of the matter, I do not
insist upon them. Whether it be through my father or my mother
that true guidance is afforded, whether it be by my wife or my
daughter that good counsel is offered, very clearly, to reject
these is to spurn the kindness of benignant Heaven.

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WENDELL PHILLIPS said:--We are here to enforce, on the
consideration of the civil state, those elements of power which
have already made the social state. You do not find it necessary
to-day to say to a husband, "Your wife has a right to read"; or
necessary to say to Dickens, "You have as many women over your
pages as men." You do not find it necessary to say to the male