It was not that ladies were inferior to men; it was that they were different. Their mission was to inspire others to achievement rather than to achieve themselves. Indirectly, by means of tact and a spotless name, a lady could accomplish much. But if she rushed into the fray herself she would be first censured, then despised, and finally ignored. β¨ E. M. Forster (2013). Delphi Collected Works of E. M. Forster (Illustrated), p.381, Delphi Classics
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