kind, obliging, humane, tender beings; that they are ever inclined to be
gay and cheerful, timorous and modest. They do not hesitate, like man,
to perform a hospitable or generous action; not haughty, nor arrogant,
nor supercilious, but full of courtesy and fond of society;
industrious, economical, ingenuous; more liable, in general, to err than
man; but, in general, also more virtuous, and performing more good
actions than he. I never addressed myself in the language of decency and
friendship to a woman, whether civilized or savage, without receiving