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"Boys will be boys," and boys have had their day; / Boy-mischief and boy-carelessness and noise / Extenuated all, allowed, excused and smoothed away, / Each duty missed, each damaging wild act, / By this meek statement of unquestioned fact -- / Boys will be boys!
Now, "women will be women. " Mark the change; / Calm motherhood in place of boisterous youth; / No warfare now; to manage and arrange, / To nurture with wise care, is woman's way, / In peace and fruitful industry her sway, / In love and truth.