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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 
to make the sacrifice. These marriage 
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. 
The laws of 
marriage. 
