“I should no more lay it down as a general rule that women write better letters than men, than that they sing better duets, or draw better landscapes. In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes.”
He seems to have a fairly modern grasp on the subject of equality thus far. Women and men aren’t as disimular to each other in his view than in many of his peer’s views which I find very likeable and refreshing!