As  civilization,  founded  on  Christian  principles,  advances,  women
will  gain  all  that  it  is  right  for  them  to  have,  though  they  are  not
seen  contending  in  the  strife  of  political  parties.  "  In  my  experi-
ence "  (he  adds),  "  I  have  observed  evil  results  to  many  women  who
enter  heartily  into  political  conflict  and  discussion  —  I  would  save
them  from  it."

That  the  eminent  scholar  and  thinker,  Goldwin  Smith,  also,  after
voting  with  Mr.  Bright  for  female  suffrage,  was  led  to  change  his
opinion  in  1892  in  the  consideration  of  the  bill  then  pending  in
Parliament  to  give  the  spinsters  and  widows  the  right  of  suffrage
in  England,  and  in  an  exhaustive  and  elaborate  essay,  viewing  the
question  in  all  its  phases,  took  ground  strongly  against  conferring
suffrage  upon  the  two  classes  of  women  specified  in  the  bill,  after
considerations  similar  to  those  given  by  Mr.  Bright.
