1871.
If I may dedicate, without ‘permission,’ these small ‘Notes’ to the
shade of Socrates’ Mother, may I likewise, without presumption, call to
my help the questioning shade of her Son, that I who write may have the
spirit of questioning aright, and that those who read may learn not of
me but of themselves?
And, further, has he not said: ‘The midwives are respectable women, and
have a character to lose’?