Plants of great vigor will almost always struggle into blossom, despite impediments. But there should be encouragement and a free genial atmosphere for those of more timid sort, fair play for each in its own kind. What woman needs is not as a woman to act or rule, but as a nature to grow, as an intellect to discern, as a soul to live freely, and unimpeded to unfold such powers as were given her when we left our common home. Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism. But, in fact, they are perpetually passing into one another.
Fluid hardens to solid, solid rushes to fluid.
There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman. Man is not made for society, but society is made for man. No institution can be good which does not tend to improve the individual. If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it. We would have every arbitrary barrier thrown down.