here on the
average much inferior as regards creation or production, properly so
called, and even her best results are wanting in originality and do
not open up new paths. On the contrary, as virtuosos, women compare
well with men in simply reproductive art. There are, however,
exceptional women whose productions are original, creative and
independent. The philosopher _Stuart Mill_ points out the intuitive
gift of woman who, led by her individual observations, rapidly and
clearly discovers a general truth, and applies it in particular cases,
without troubling with abstract theories. This may be called the
intuitive or subconscious judgment of woman.

In the domain of sentiment the two sexes differ very much from each
other, but we cannot say that one surpasses the other. Both are
passionate, but in different ways. The passions of man are coarser and
less durable, and are only more elevated when associated with more
original and more complex intellectual aims. In woman sentiment is
more delicate and more finely shaded esthetically and morally; it is
also more durable, at least on the average, although its objects are
often of a mean and banal nature.

When man compares himself with woman he usually identifies himself,
more or less unconsciously, with the highest male intellects, with the
men of genius in art and science, and complaisantly ignores the crowd
of idiots of his own sex! In the life of sentiment the two sexes may
complement each other admirably; while man raises the height of the
ideal and of objects to be attained, woman has the necessary tact to
soften and refine the tones, and to adapt their shades to each special
situation, by the aid of her natural intuition, where man risks
spoiling everything by the violence of his passions and his efforts.
This reciprocal influence should conduce to the best and highest
harmony of sentiments in a happy sexual combination.

As regards will power, woman is, in my opinion, on the average
superior to man. It is in this psychological domain more than in any
other, that she will always triumph. This is generally misunderstood,
because men have so far apparently held the scepter of an unlimited
omnipotence; because by the abuse of brute force, aided by superiority
of inventive genius, humanity has been hitherto led by strong
masculine wills, and because the strongest feminine wills have been
dominated by the law of the right of the stronger. But the
unprejudiced observer