Excerpt from A Paradox on Women: Wherein It Is Sought to Prove That They Do Not Belong to the Human Species We trust our fair readers will show no severity against this theological jesting. If the theory seem rather cruel to them they are not less the most cherished part of the human race: we are nevertheless convinced of the real advantages which they have over men, for we cannot deny that besides beauty and the graces of the body, they possess a certain delicacy of wit which men cannot attain by themselves. The man even who has the most wit is but an uncut diamond if he has not been polished by the fair sex. 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.