Excerpt from A Study of the Physical Vigor of American WomenIn spite of Sparta with her sturdy women ath letes; in spite of the Scythian Amazons, fierce and successful warriors; in spite of the women of Japan, coaling great vessels by their physical labor, and the women of the hill tribes of India, carrying stone upon their heads; in spite of the unbroken record of savages without number, among whom women are the beasts of burden, we still persist in out pretty legend that the woman is the weaker vessel.In a narrative by an English traveler, Hearne, of a journey in the wild northwest, they were told that all their troubles were due to their having no women with them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

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