London Labour and the London Poor, Vol. 4

part in the reorganization of society. The _lex talionis_--the law of

retaliation--is hers. Society has made her what she is, and must be now governed by her potent influence. The weight of this influence is untold: view it in the dissolution of domestic ties, in the sacrifice of family peace, in the cold desolation of promising homes; but, above all, in the growth of practical Athe...