 | Louise Barnett - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 238 pages
..."I am ignorant of any one Quality that is amiable in a Man, which is not equally so in a Woman . . . nor do I know one Vice or Folly, which is not equally detestable in both" (PW 9:92-93)." Read critically, this statement does not endorse gender equality:... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 370 pages
...a woman, which is not equally so in a man. I do not except even modesty and gentleness of nature j nor do I know one vice or folly which is not equally detestable in both." Mrs. Jameson, in her delightful " Commonplace Book," illustrates this admirably... | |
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I am ignorant of any one quality, that is amiable in a man, which is not equally so in a woman : I do not except even modesty and gentleness of nature. Nor do I know one vice or folly, which is not equally detestable in both. 
