Is it asked, What then; would you require every woman to turn teacher and keep school? No; but every woman is bound to bring this into the list of _her duties_, and, as one of her most imperious duties, _to do all in her power to secure a proper education to the American children now coming upon the stage_. Every woman has various duties pressing upon her attention. It is right for her, it is her duty, to cultivate her own mind by reading and study, not merely for her own gratification or credit, but with the great end in view of employing her knowledge and energies for the good of others. It is right, and a duty for a woman to attend to domestic affairs; but, except in cases of emergency, it is not right to devote all her time to this alone. It is a duty for her to attend to religious efforts and ordinances; but it is not right for her to give all her time to these alone. It is right for her to devote some time to social enjoyments, some time to the elegancies and ornaments of taste, some time to the adornment of person and residence, and some time to the relaxation of mere amusement. In many cases, these last are as much duties as the more weighty pursuits of life. But this great maxim is ever to be borne in mind, _The most important things first in attention_. It is _the due proportion_ of time and attention that decides the rectitude of all useful or innocent pursuits. And a woman is bound so to divide her time, as to give _some_ portion of it to each of her several duties, so that no one shall be entirely crowded out; and so, also, to apportion her attention, that each shall be regarded according to _its relative value_. In this view of the subject, what, except her own immortal interest, can an American woman place, as demanding more serious attention and more earnest efforts, than an attempt to use her time and influence to avert the dangers now impending over her country, her kindred, and herself? Is there any ornamental design, any gratification of taste or appetite, any merely temporal good, that can at all be placed in comparison with this great concern? Is it, then, assuming too much to claim that every American woman is bound to give, not only _some_ time, but _more_ time to this enterprise than she gives to any social enjoyment, any personal or domestic decoration, or any species of amusement? Is it not so? Is it right for a conscientious woman, when all that is dear and sacred is in such peril--when she has means, time, or influence which will aid in saving her country, her friends, and herself from such dangers--is it right to give to this effort less attention and time than is devoted to visiting, or to entertaining company, or to the adornment of her person or her house? Judge ye, as ye will give account for these things to the Judge of quick and dead. What, then, are the ways in which an educated woman can employ the talents committed to her for the salvation of her country?