As for woman's claims and rights, well, the question is clear enough; woman is man's equal so far as nature allows it.

And the only point is to agree and love one another.

At the same time I'm well pleased to know what I do--oh! not from any spirit of pedantry but simply because I think it has all done me good, and given me some moral as well as physical health." It delighted her to recall the days she had spent at the Lycee Fenelon, which of the five State colleges for girls opened in Paris was the only one counting a large number of pupils.

Most of these were the daughters of officials or professors, who purposed entering the teaching profession.

In this case, they had to win their last diploma at the Ecole Normale of Sevres, after leaving the Lycee.