Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-09

sur II unite nc Legislation. y CBlle.
1888. Tho imprint Is the name Of an
estate that Maz1ei some years before
owned near Charlottesville, now the
as q Goy The S 9ss ana nom S' n
plume may have been due TO purely
personal reasons. owing to the severe
HrictErcS Of the author on writings
relating to the colonies by Eaynal,
MaDiy and other Frcnchmen Of distinc-
ton. Throughout NaZIci is Il warm
partisan OF the colonies and their in.
hahi,an's, especially those III Virginia.
and IS outspoken IN his advocacy Of
tudc probably accounts for the use OF
a fictitious imprint. whereby submittal
OF the book 10 censorship was evaded.
rci2ns % Louis Ky. and XVI. the print
ing in France of books that might not
be approved by III, censor was ordi.
uarily diSrcEarded by tho government
!! they bore Il foreign imprint. This
waH usually Amsterdam or London. but
Philadelphia aud several other Amer
lean places also figured latterly in nc
l!tIous imprlntS.
n 1856 by Ma<1ei a, tbs Chateau
The time ne and the Marquis dc Con-
dcrcct were the guests of the DuchcsSe
d'Enviclie. mother Of the Due dc Roche
French Revolution was the leader Of
the mobility that embraced the pr!nci-
pies Of the rsvolution. but. never,he-
sheYiki al the beginning of the Reign
Of Terror. To this work Condorcct con-
trihuted two sections one in Volume l..
which is mentioned in the title. con.
sis,inE OF l05 pages, and another Of
forty seven pages in volume "; signed
sphere" with the title. "lnhuence o.
the American Revolution on Europe,
Internal evidence points to tondoTcct
as also the writer o! one Of two chap,
tcrs on the Society Of the Cincinnati"
and Of the chapter on slavery.
The second New Haven letter, after
the civil laws. proceeds TO say tina;
smother matter not less important is
the education of wome". ASIDE from or,
dinerentiate the life Of a woman from
that Of a man, Condor:ct ma!ntains
that in other respects II cduca,:o:,
position OF intcriori;%. Even assum-
:nS an Inequality OF body and OF mind,
order would by education be made
equal 70 mon of III. second order and
suDcrior to men OF the third order.
Kcferr:nE TO the remark OF Voi,aire
tha, women are not capable Of Gre
alive thought. compare, ne says, the
numhe- of women ot careful and main.
men who have had the same advantage.
and il viii DC found tina, this opinion
especially il view OF the unfavorahlc
conditions that in the past have handi-
capped women Moreover. II creative
thought we're requisite TO the award
Of position, there would be many va
can't places IN tie world even in the
learned academies.
During tho remainder OF his life Con.
dorcct continued the advocacy OF equal
opportunities in education for the two
sexes 20 which subject his mind vas
most probably mrs, directed while writ
Ing his contribution 10 Mazzei's book.
II was. however. in the rrst of his
celebrated tiye memoirs on public in
n" less celebrated and similarly volu,n-
NOUS rcp"Tt accomranylnE an elaborate
hil! on public cduca ton which in l5s"
he submitted 10 the National Assembly.
.hat he develops in detail his ideas ON
N" subject. The bill did not receive
acnon' o",ng 70 rapid changes in The
OF Terror, II which CoNdorcct became
one Of The most i!lustrious victims.
III dcta'l with every possible aspect OF
nuh,iC 'aucation, and in many places
read ~" q contribution OF the present
Gay 10 their suhiec;. For cXampI. in
G.s.HSSinE me proper attitude OF ,hc
%l. ,,l ward common school and nd.
Ir.ncip.e that 10 ali should be given
ne c"nyau"n J.; Is nossible TO extend
~ ~; hut maj The higher education
the former because OF use TO those VINO
receive II and the latter hccaus. Of
Cc!ve IL. 't ''
In his noble Progress of tho HUI
man Mind" Condorcct returns a, some
aeNs'h to The subject Of State provi-
SO" OF equal edu.aiionsl advantages
tor both sexes; Written when pro-
%.rlosc and IN hiding, almost the las,
p"Sss OF nc WORK are devoted 10 this
s.p!ect, some OF the arguments in the
MaZIe! book being repeated nearly III
esa!iE: When partly finished. Condorcct
H $500, ~, rom th9se who had given him
PROJECTION IN order tina, they inieh; not
surfer for their humanity. Then hunted
h Tx q Wild beast, hunger. cold and
f,h
me hands OF ;he Jacobins and 10 ,1e..r
oo nond"rofi5 ,adyocacy OF tho higher
inarkab!c in that during an age when
human injustice was being attacked ali
along the line he alone stood for equal
Noitaire pronounced the female mind
deficient IN creative power and ignored
iS systematic cuttiyauon: Rousseau,
CT an Emile principles that revolution.
zed pedagogy only outlined for
,op 1n',s sniilcirmi education 10 make her
recognition Of any right TO the 0cr.
lection OF her fun powers as "a human
d dors ana ar wFnE six years after Con.
the English are pleased 10 assign The
c rieS, , OF he rrssen,-day, womeu's
an absurdiy founded and !mdeiicate
argument for cocducational schools
WIN the incidenta! remark that "A;
'-N''''o N'ul'E people OF fortune
ought to remain more or less till ,hcv
were 81 age II is not without in
n ,., her" To- note that conservative
r. EnElanG ilna!ly came to be "a leader
IN inc intellectual Acknowledgement Of
women % the eighteen British uni.
FrrSi;lrS, !fteen are cooducationaI. one
n.ondcn) embraces both cocducational
and coordinate colleges. and notwith.
Sohndirr thcir medieval atmosphcrc and
TcpuEnance TO Innovation Oxford has
tour and Cambridge has two co-ord!-
nate colleges.
. In view Of the present movement IN
a,rsinia 10 further womcn's higher
education by the establishment Of q
coordinate college AT Charlot,esviin. il
seems o. more than passing interest
10 md that the basic thought involved
whi sr ~ the past nifty years has been
80 ter s OF results in Europe. aside
parts Of the United States, should as
ionS ago as l7SS have received it's first
anthorii3tive announcement In n book
so closely related to Virginia in con.
tents and title page and SO int;matcI,.
associated with Chariottesvilie in az
thorship and imprint ~ "u
Richmond. Va. February 2. 1918