The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1881-04-09
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i should have been With sham,
IS well as with some degree
ieaf' that Alpha took up hIsftI
TO combat The well known lact III,
woman Is equal 10 man III ever
respect except few tfaiisin whIe
she Is his inferior. Adam wa
made stronger than Eve that h
might protect her. lie proved hi
readiness to do that by putting Al
The blame Of their first fault on her
an example that has been lollowe,
by his sons down to the presen
day. Sampson, the strongest MAJ
that ever existed, resisted success
lnlly several hundred mea ane
was conquered at last BY woman
Solomon was the wisest man, and
YET woman overcame his wisdom
some OF the best sovereigns were
women. Victoria is now ruling
England with more justice anc
WISDOM and is displaying. NOR,
craftsmanship, than our masculine
rulers bless us with. The "Maid
OF Orleans was one of the best
commanders the world ever knew.
The Spartan women, according to
authentic history, deserved as
much credit as did their fathers
husbands and brothers for endu.
rance and bravery. Alpha gives
us the startling information tina.
limon, Pope and Milton agreed
with him in his estimate Of woman
i was certainly very ungratcul
'i Milton 10 depreciatc woman.
Where would his best writings
now be had it not been for two
women (his daughters who trans
ated, compiled and copied for
1im. Bulwer says: Between
woman and men Of genius there
S a sympathetic ailinily--e ,ch has
'ome intuitive comprehension OF
he secrets Of the other; and the
more feminine the woman, the
more exquisite the genius, the
more settled the intelligence be-
ween the two. A woman was
lrst to interpret Alright the art that
5 latent in Shakespeare" | am
lappy to state that Alpha is one of
lac FEW "solons' who malign wo-
nan. ! do not agree with Emile |
n his statement that "the world !
las ever held woman to be II men, /
al imbecile." The world con- |
iders her fully man $ equal. She
an WELD the pen as successfully |
S man. as is proven by some off
he best writers. such as III. More.
lrs. Hemans, Emma Willard, L.
}. n. Southworth, Rosa V. John
on, Augusta Evans Wilson. Jane
!. Cross, A. X. Blount, {. b.
sinclair, Ann Eliza Dupuy, Vir-
inia French. Amelia V. Welby,
larry ]. Windle, George Elliot,
nd host Of others. Noman's
hind can grasp a problem as read
y as can mans, as the majority
{ teachers in mixed schools will
firm. We have had painters,
culptors and musicians who were
ot unknown to fame. notwith-
tanding tae fact that woman's
ONE duties prevent her attaining
nat perfection in such pursuits
nat she would otherwise attain.
Woman has inventive genius, as
ne records OF patent offices will
how. 1t is generally conceded
nat women are the best educators.
nd how can they impart the
nowledge they do not possess,
o sum up: women have ruled,
ought, written, painted, sculpt-
red, and have attained eminence
4 astronomy, geology and other
ciences, and, in fact, have done
Yerything that MAN can do.
Measure not the work
'nlil the day : out. and the labor done
hen briHg your gauges II the work is tean,.
Why, call !, seant, affect no compromise,
md. in that we have nobiy .,risen, al least
'eai with US nobly, women though We be,
md honor us with truth. II no, with praise.
BETA.
Gully Ridge, March goth, 1881.