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like, or we may want what will do us good—and the two qualities are not always combined. Usually, however, it is taken for granted that, in this case, men like what is good for them; and it only remains, therefore, to be ascertained what it is that they like.
There is no lack of evidence. English literature is full of oracular information on the subject. Mr Anthony Trollope says: 'We like women to be timid.' Mr Helps complains that 'women are not taught to be courageous. Indeed, to some persons courage may seem as unnecessary for women as Latin and Greek. Yet there are few things that would tend to make women happier in themselves, and more acceptable to those with whom
