take a fancy to possess over her companions the glory of this chaste
love？ I may well say chaste；
〃Nam si quando ad praelia ventum est；
Ut quondam in stipulis magnus sine viribus ignis；
Incassum furit：〃
＇〃For when they sometimes engage in love's battle；
his sterile ardour lights up but as the flame of a straw。〃
Virgil； Georg。； iii。 98。＇
the vices that are stifled in the thought are not the worst。
To conclude this notable commentary； which has escaped from me in a
torrent of babble； a torrent sometimes impetuous and hurtful；
〃Ut missum sponsi furtivo munere malum
Procurrit casto virginis a gremio；
Quod miserae oblitae molli sub veste locatuat；
Dum adventu matris prosilit； excutitur；
Atque illud prono praeceps agitur decursu
Huic manat tristi conscius ore rubor。〃
＇〃As when an apple； sent by a lover secretly to his mistress； falls
from the chaste virgin's bosom； where she had quite forgotten it；
when； starting at her mother's coming in； it is shaken out and rolls
over the floor before her eyes； a conscious blush covers her face。〃
Catullus； lxv。 19。＇
I say that males and females are cast in the same mould； and that；
education and usage excepted； the difference is not great。 Plato
indifferently invites both the one and the other to the society of all
studies； exercises； and vocations； both military and civil； in his
Commonwealth； and the philosopher Antisthenes rejected all distinction
betwixt their virtue and ours。 It is much more easy to accuse one sex
than to excuse the other； 'tis according to the saying；
〃Le fourgon se moque de la paele。〃
＇〃The Pot and the Kettle。〃＇
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