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90 The Century of the Child
ty against the system. From the point of view
of the woman herself, from the children’s point
of view, from the man’s point of view, and fi-
nally, from the productive point of view, it
has become pretty plain that society must
either change the conditions of woman’s labour
or see a progressive disintegration in home life.
Society must either transform the conditions
of life and work, or it will witness the degen-
eration of the sexes.
( All philanthropy—no age has seen more of
it than our own—is only a savoury fumiga-
tion burning at the mouth of a sewer. This
incense offering makes the air more endurable
for passers-by, but it does not hinder the in-
fection in the sewer from spreading.
Selfishness, the instinct of self-preservation,
will perhaps end by forcing the leaders of so-
ciety to direct their actions from the social
point of view. Then the woman question will
become a question of humanity; then will its
champions perhaps come to see that there can
be no enduring good for the woman, if she
works under conditions injurious to men and
to children. It will be seen that the old axiom
can be justly applied to the demands made in
the name of woman’s individuality; supreme
right becomes supreme injustice. Justice is
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