Literary and Social Silhouettes (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Literary and Social Silhouettes Herbert Spencer insinuates in one of his sociological works that the indirection, the coquetry, the finesse, nay, all the arts which we find so adorable in women, are modified forms of hypocrisy. Before the advent of civilization, woman had in pure self-defence to practise an elaborate deception. In order to please her brutal lord and secure predominance among dangerous rivals, she had to disguise her natural sentiments, and return caresses for blows and smiles for discourtesy. As she could not accomplish her purposes by force, she became an expert in domestic diplomacy. The craftier, the more guileful, she was, the better were her chances of survival. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.