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LII explained
A brief chapter suggesting that studying the good and bad in women requires only one woman, not two.
What happens
A brief chapter suggesting that studying the good and bad in women requires only one woman, not two.
Key passages
“For study of the good and the bad in woman two women are a needless expense.”
To understand both the virtues and flaws of women, a single woman is sufficient; a second is unnecessary.
The narrator asserts that one woman provides enough material to study both good and bad qualities.