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Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935

"Herland"

All this had been scant and in outline, but they
quite understood.
I find I succeed very poorly in conveying the impression I
would like to of these women. So far from being ignorant, they
were deeply wise--that we realized more and more; and for clear
reasoning, for real brain scope and power they were A No. 1, but
there were a lot of things they did not know.
They had the evenest tempers, the most perfect patience and
good nature--one of the things most impressive about them all
was the absence of irritability. So far we had only this group to
study, but afterward I found it a common trait.
We had gradually come to feel that we were in the hands of
friends, and very capable ones at that--but we couldn't form any
opinion yet of the general level of these women.
"We want you to teach us all you can," Somel went on, her
firm shapely hands clasped on the table before her, her clear quiet
eyes meeting ours frankly. "And we want to teach you what we
have that is novel and useful.


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