The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-02
SJ jFFRA GISTS EXFIUJME
COUNT Won NEETESIIEIM
End That Philosophers Apprasernent Of Woman, Written
Three Hundred Years Ago, Valuable Campaign Docu-
ment In Showing Woman s Superiority Over Man.

fhH saffraeists have been digging
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"a vnannno written over three hum
49, yoors AGo By . learned man.
zCounk Uelnftch Cornelius Ag11ppa.
Na3dA <AGv claim . one Of the earliest
oGay6 ever written in favor OF wc-
man suffrage. The little volume has
proved 20 popular that from the orig
translated into French, Italian. Ger
man and English.
VITA keen perception the writer
utrfkAs at the root OF womAn.s SUD
lection when he ascrfbes her lack OF
liberty to ..the unjust laws OF man
and an Improper education" The
middle path of aimless maldennood
Il 4 valuable hint for social reformers
] 70 utilize this possible source OF help.
IT q an amusing situation that pro-
du0eG four century old reply by
clever Agrippa to the arguments Of
antf-guffrng3sts living in the present
~. Following are excerpts from the
treatise:
4on tho Superiority Of Woman
Over Man."
wratten by Heinrich Cornelius
Agrtpps Won Neetesheirn-
s.. Tho name OF woman proves her
suparfofity TO man. Adam signifies
eaFth; Eve signifies life. In the pro-
portion that LIE II superior TO earth
~ tho ercAl1ence Of woman greater
than that OF man, and should be re-
Earded a. more exalted. more perfect.
Ii 50 unQuestionahle that we are TO
fudge OF the nature OF things by the
naSrss given them. a. we knew that
He who created all things and named
them. knew we'll the qualities OF each.
3. Woman Is the masterpiece of
God. God ended hts work by Great
anr man and woman after his own
likeness. He first made man and
Finished In woman his work. OF which
she II the perfection and ornament.
After woman His work ended. she be-
ing the perfection Of creation.
Can anyone believe God would have
finished such q work a. the universe
by an imperfection?
8 rhe place OF woman's birth 10
another proof Of her superiority to
man. She was created Ike the angels
IN the earthly Paradise. Man. like
the animals, was creatsd outside OF
Paradise. God made him enter Para
disA. and then and there He created
woman.
& The quality Of the suhstnee OF
which woman was formed proves her
exssiisrce.
Man was maAe from vie. nteiese
aust, but woman was formed from
sna1er5al already purified. animated.
which material waA a body In part
divine Woman 10 superior to man In
her gtft Of speech. Does she not speak
With more ease. more grace. than man.
II Il not to our mothers and our
nurses that nature has assigned the
task Of teaching Us to speAk1
5. Woman no. SO guilty as man In
ORIGINAL sin The command OF God
s.not TO eat Of the tree OF knowledge"
was given to man before woman was
made. Through Adam We inherit sin.
through woman salvation. Adam
eanned with perfect knowledge that
Ne was shining. Woman was misisd
pitsh hin end no must overcome the
nkronQant In goodness: therefore he be-
guiled the woman
In oxpiAttng the SIN Of pride IN man
~ humiliation. Jesus Christ took upon
himself the most AFFECT form at hu-
man nature and became man God
demanded an expiration OF the crime
u tho sax which had committed it.
Jesus was betrayed, sold. accused.
Oond1mnsd. tDxtured. oru0neA b. man
PSeAr denied Him. His other apostles
AQ800OHOQ I2Ah WoJoEh ANASS8kk&ta htS4
Him 10 the cross amid His anAxntes
SD prosecutors. ana feared not the
|noCffs and insults Of the Infatuated
Pilates vita. though . pagan, strove
10 ave tho life OF Jesus, while men
who believed In Him deserted Him In
Hie need and humiliation. To woman
IaUrs first appeared. and He made
WoMan the ambassador to announce
- His disciples tho good nswA
In the Holy Writ there are many
1nstAncss OF tha condemnation OF man
% eternal punishment, have not
found one woman condemned ! con-
HAnd that AL evil begAn In anan's heart
Adam was the first through whom
death came to AS. Cain was the first
Is shed blood. the first TO open the
eate OF hell. the first to envy, thA first
70 despair. LAmech was the first to
desire two wfvea. Noah was the first
Who fell into the crime Of drunken-
ness Cham the first child who dis
horored his rarenta Nimrod the drss
ldnlator. Man was the first to make
conpacts with the devil The sons OF
SlAvory.
3. Woman's faith II stronger than
mans. The women Of BArepta be-
iiUved the prophet Elias. though what
- sid was hard to believe. zacha-
xfas believed not and was struck
dumb. Eliza beth believed. The proof
ehax only woman beloved in the rssur-
Eocfion was that only they we're found
watching II the tomb on the third
1ay.
I. The tyranny Of man. contrary %
me law Of God and nature. has placed
her beneath him.
The liberty and power accorded TO
her BY God has been taken from her
BY the laws OF man and her improper
education.
No soonar = q woman born than
she u shut up In the house with no
eolid Or sure occupation. and supposed
~ he incapable Of greater thtngx abe
* A.6snsd TO the needle and thread!
when ~oinAnhood arrives. she is
srsvsr o-sr 70 the stern authority OF
ens.9ad or tbs more unnatural rules
>.sasSnt life. or Taft In the mid
81. pss7s OF Akn.exe maidenhcod
Woman has bean obliged to hear In
sssfs.e.s that Il - ,he iesa OF man that
/. 10 tnfsrso' IS ssatr,. For she has be-
s>Tras the vanGaisnc.. Yet this Is not
tn law Of the Creator. nor OF nature