Talents of Women equal to Men 611 
Be ygen es he as wae. dies ieeslie ew evaale sa 
Je-yw-ve, that isis he, &c. the fallof Adam to the ‘prefent 
Many remarks might be made, to give e.” Itisthe pitiful jealoufy and envy 
a cleater view of the above comparifons, @F men which has deprived the fex of the 
but I muft conclude for the prefent. ours duegothem in hiftery ; and like- 
Nour's, 2c. BS 
i IE “of the concealment. of 
m Seo. 7... MEIRION. 7 arifes from the brevity of 
we, heir authors taking a fuperfis 
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ling thenfelves to in¥efigate eccs 
fprings of human a@ion; whereas, if 



) ppl ey * we will only examine ittto she minute 
CERTAIN perfons have for fome time particulars of great events, the fecret in- 
~~ paft beempiarrying on: a difpute re- trigues of courts, Kings and minifters, 
{peGing thi ENTS, of women,and or éven of republics, aera! always find 










the difpute I ceive has found. 
imto your Miffcellany. @ be 
the queftion might be foon fertled: CO 
fatistaction of all parties, if we We 
agree in whatis meant, or fh 
ant, by the word salents.  E 
[underftand the controverfy, é 
en underftood. to. mean t! 
that the women have had a great’ fhare 
in bringing about political changes, wars, | 
tr€g@mes, negociations, &c. although they,” 
fromy modefty probably, content theri- 
) felves with aéting unfcén and unoblerved 
“Jand thelmen, proud of thefuccefs, F thy 
-vaffair, with to take all the inerit to the 






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mor to men; renown ow the patty, the. publi 
J poem, or bringing’ about a revol 
fand male authors fo one f a ftate or nation, perhaps with a fey 
But, fir, with fubmili words # which requires greater abilities, 
leave to fuggett, thar arrow hu- to govern a kingdom, ort cajole a book 
genius and abilities very 1 feller? to tickle the Ena 
: and girls by a novel, or to 
a ey ae thecabinets of Europe, 
roke of imvafion, a mafiacre, 












| to write a ballad about 
the exiftence of thoufa 
Renlimiferable? | | 
~ Batt is nt PPT tts not enough ta 
appeal tot yof ancient and mo- 
widern nations; for proofs of the fuperiority 





or Bp 
of) woman ower man, ‘Ehis, perhaps, 
i not much “in their favour, for aduse. 
riority of evil influence is not the p 
conte, and would not bevery ho 
Seve if it amere eftablithed. No; fir tf we 
with to-afvertain the real and Meritorious 
"faperiority of female talents, we need 
not confult the voluminous records of 
hiftory 3 > ed only bringgthe quef- 
tion hom Urfelves. I ihalPinftance 
onger about but in one Pefpeét, the power of perfuasion. 
a : Vhesalents This I take to be the gren@ rent of gé.. 
bk thefairfex,astoallrhe greatandimpor-  niys end)talents. He who poffeffes this, _ 
_ tant events of human life, and all the lead- poffeffes every thing; and yet we hoes 
id anfaétions of kingdoms and ftates, that what a man cannot doby whole trea= 
far tranfcended what has been ata tifes olumes, by a well conneéted. 
weuments, and the moft con- 
buted to vs, that were T to compile a of 
new Universat History, ho ever vincing calculations, is generally dove by 
I mivht avail n felt of the valu a woman witha {mile, a glance of the 
Id, veye, or avery few words. Sir} we may 
Dours containe “in the old, | 
tainly entitle it, “« A diitory of the talk as we pleate of our vat learning, of 
Montuty Mag, No, VILL aE ow 
l-boy ? In fhort, fir, if we 
Emer way of judging of aman’s 
talents, but by the quantity he publithes, 
either from the prefs or is mouth, 
are we not giving all the . 
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