Woman as the more perfect being, appears to me to be naturally more adventurous and chivalrous than man; and the servile education to which in that country she is condemned, probably prevents the examples from being more common.
From his autobiography, expressing his view on the inherent adventurous and chivalrous nature of women, often suppressed by societal education.
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