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Comrades 67
come Michelangelos, Beethovens, or Shakes-
peares; they claim that the Berthas represent the
most virtuous half of the race, and that they have
made up their minds to make man as virtuous as
they are.
That such ridiculous extravagance should be re
sented by the Axels is not at all surprising. It is
resented even by the more intelligent of Bertha s
own sex. Not because they are opposed to the
emancipation of woman, but because they do not
believe that her emancipation can ever be achieved
by such absurd and hysterical notions. They re
pudiate the idea that people who retain the sub
stance of their slavery and merely escape the
shadow, can possibly be free, live free, or act free.
The radicals, no less than the feminists, must
realize that a mere external change in their eco
nomic and political status, cannot alter the inher
ent or acquired prejudices and superstitions which
underlie their slavery and dependence, and which
are the main causes of the antagonism between the
sexes.
The transition period is indeed a most difficult
and perilous stage for the woman as well as for the
man. It requires a powerful light to guide us
past the dangerous reefs and rocks in the ocean of
life. August Strindberg is such a light. Some
times glaring, ofttimes scorching, but always bene
ficially illuminating the path for those who walk
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