Friday, 27 September 1878

Yesterday, in a most unexpected way, Pincia had two little ones — white and pretty as herself.
People everywhere are constantly arguing about the faults of men and women, exhausting themselves to prove which is the more culpable. Must I then interpose to enlighten the poor citizens of the earth?
Man, having in some sense the initiative in almost everything, must be regarded as the more culpable, without being for that reason more wicked than woman — who, being in some sense a passive being, escapes certain responsibilities without being for that reason better than man.