a woman who has attempted to marry him, always carries away a
maudlin sympathy for her in her defeat and dismay. But no one
ever heard of a woman who pitied the poor fellow whose honest
passion she had found it expedient to spurn. On the contrary,
women take delight in such clownish agonies, and exhibit them
proudly, and boast about them to other women.




The New Age


V.


42.


The Transvaluation of Values


The gradual emancipation of women that has been going on for the
last century has still a long way to proceed before they are wholly
delivered from their traditional burdens and so stand clear of the
oppressions of men. But already, it must be plain, they have made
enormous progress--perhaps more than they made in the ten
thousand years preceding. The rise of the industrial system, which
has borne so harshly upon the race in general, has brought them
certain unmistakable benefits. Their economic dependence, though