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As there are two classes of warriors, so there are two classes of women:
There is the warrior who conquers the world from sheer love of conquest— an Alexander, a Genghis Khan, an Attila, a Napoleon; and there is the warrior who captures a kingdom for the sake of possession—such is your Norman William.
So, there is the woman whom no conquest contents—Aholibah, Cleopatra, Mesalina, Faustine; and there is the woman who is happy with a husband and home—Deborah, Vlmnia, Calpurnia mother of Gracchi.
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One thing, from men, women cannot abide, and this is a hostile and
REASONABLE attitude. And naturally, since
It is only man's reason that is hostile to women. And When a man clothes himself with reason as with a garment, woman slinks away. And, quite naturally:
Reason and emotion are mortal foes; and
It is on the field of emotion that the battle of love must be fought.
For,
In the battle of love, the woman chooses and entrenches her position; the man has to act on the offensive. But