Knowledge is bliss.

The Prince of peace would like himself confer / A gift unhoped, without the price of war}}

Among the Northern tribes also the woman was held in all moral aspects the equal of man. Alike the blue-eyed wife of the Barbarian and the proud Roman matron were, as the bearers and breeders of the race, the equals of the fighters and rulers of the race. The importance of their functions was fully recognized and respected, and the priestess at the sylvan altar, the vestals serving the fires and the temples at Rome were held worthy to speak face to face with the gods and convey their blessings to man.

The warrior-threat, the infant's plain, The mother's screams, were heard in vain;