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Men and Women Different.

American men are the best in the world, and if it were possible
for any men to represent women, through kindness and good will
to them, American men would do it. But man is by nature too different
from a woman to be able to represent her. The two creatures
are unlike. Whatever his good will, he cannot fully put himself
in a woman's place, and look at things exactly, from her point
of view. To say this is no more a reflection upon his mental or
moral ability than it would be a reflection upon his musical ability
to say that he cannot sing both soprano and bass. Unless men and
women should ever become just alike (which would be regrettable
and monotonous), women must either go unrepresented or represent
themselves.