Each
supplements the other. Doubtless the woman has the choicer lot. Surely
this is true abstractly speaking. Suppose we should all stand
disembodied souls, or rather unembodied souls, on the edge of the
forming universe; and suppose that, to these abstract intelligences,
the Creator should say:
"I am forming the universe. I am creating a wonderful place called
Earth. I am going to clothe you each in human form, marvelously and
beautifully made, the highest work of my hands. Some of you shall be
men. To these men I will give the task of labor in the fields, of
warfare with wild beasts. It shall be your duty to subdue
wildernesses, and to construct and defend a dwelling-place for this
other one whom I am going to make a woman. Therefore I shall give you
men large bones to deal strong blows, and a heavy skull to withstand
the like. I shall give you courage and physical power and audacity and
daring.
"The woman's mission shall be different. _It shall be for her to
create and preserve human happiness._ She shall do this in the
dwelling-place which the man constructs for her, and which will be
called home. There shall she bind up his wounds and give him rest and
comfort.
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