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and cookery. Music, drawing, dancing, also a little 

 gardening and ploughing now and then. I have seen 

 them mending the roads in Epirus with great success. 

 Why not, as well as haymaking and milking?'" 



The Western laws of marriage which make the 

 woman equivalent to man are all wrong, according to 

 Schopenhauer. There is no such equality. If such 



must be, shrewd men will often scruple 



The laws of . i i.u -c '-rt. 



to make the sacrifice. These marriage 

 marriage. 1 ^ • c • t^iT- 



laws drive men from marriage. This 



causes the increase of the unhappy class of old maids, 

 and that of the joyless " daughters of joy." For these 

 reasons, Schopenhauer finds a logical religion in Mor- 

 monism, by which, in theory at least, both these classes 

 are obliterated. The unnatural rights of women bring 

 unnatural duties. They are forced to do things which 

 they can not do well, a prolific source of evil. 



The problem of society is, then, the recognition and 

 regulation of polygamy. By this means woman will be 

 reduced to "her true and natural position as a subordi- 

 nate being, and the lady — that monster of European 

 civilization and Teutonico-Christian stupidity — will dis- 

 appear from the world, leaving only women, but no more 

 unhappy women of whom Europe is now full." 



The love women have for children is instinctive, not 

 rational. It is therefore no evidence of strength of 

 mind or morals. 



" Women should not inherit or control anything. 

 Their vanity shows itself only in love of show and 

 finery. With man the natural source of pride is intel- 

 lect, learning, courage. 



" If the prominence of woman is due to the down- 

 fall of Sparta and France, to the baneful institution 

 of the lady the downfall of modern Europe may be 



ascribed. 



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