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It reveals a corruption of instincts - quite apart from revealing bad taste - when a woman makes a direct reference to Madame Roland or Madame de Staël or Mr. George Sand, as if by doing so they had something to prove in favour of the "woman as such."8 Among men those names are the three comical woman as such - nothing more! - and the very best unintentional counter-arguments against emancipation and female self-importance.
8. . . . Madame Roland (1754-1793), French historian and writer;
George Sand: pen name for Amandine Aurore Dupin (1804-1876), French novelist.
George Sand: pen name for Amandine Aurore Dupin (1804-1876), French novelist.
