To say that a thing has never yet been done among men is to erect a barrier stronger than reason, stronger than discussion.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world.
Who knows the minds of men and how they reason and what their methodology is? But I am not going to extrapolate from the General Conference backing out on my book and make it a personal issue.
This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been offered in explanation have seemed adequate.
Men do tend to talk about things on a much higher level.
Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.
Strong men have sound ideas and the force to make these ideas effective.
Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.
Men haven't changed their behaviour, so women somehow have to be strengthened to be able to ward off the men.
Every step in the progress of this study has tended to obliterate the technical barriers by which logicians have sought to separate the inquiries relating to the several parts of man's nature.
It is an excellent rule to be observed in all disputes, that men should give soft words and hard arguments; that they should not so much strive to vex as to convince each other.