I do not think that between a man and his wife
any of that intense attachment exists which is so
plainly visible in other races. I have come the
more to realise this from the fact of having
possessed servants and employés who were members
of the tribes we are considering, and who, at a
few hours’ notice, have left their women without
a murmur on either side for prolonged periods of


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time. On the other hand, I have seen a great
many instances of unmistakable tenderness on the
part of the parents during such time as their off-
spring have remained quite small. I think,
therefore, we may take it that domestic affection
is scarcely felt by them in such a way as to exercise
any influence over their actions. There is, as some
explanation of this, no sort of equality between
the man and the woman, the latter being in almost
as complete subjection as a domestic animal. She
has not, in a word, conquered for herself that con-
sideration born of respect which is the germ of the
tender feeling that has ennobled and _ hallowed
among other races the relations between the sexes.
