Excerpt from The Alternate Sex: Or the Female Intellect in Man, and the Masculine in Woman As there are, according to the spiritual, mystical, or supernatural theory of the soul, many apparent reasons for believing that the mental nature of the two sexes is identical, there naturally came the belief, as society rose from barbarism to higher culture, that Woman was capable of more in life than had been allowed her. This was quite true, but as it was based on false grounds, and carried too far in a false direction, it led to error. Thus of late in literature, female Vindicators Of Women's Rights generally assume that theirs is in reality the superior sex.' This expression occurs thrice in the last work of the kind which I read, while the lady writer clearly enough holds the opinion that Woman is destined to equal or actually supplant Man in most callings, beginning with all which require superior intellect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.