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There are frequent conversations between theEmile is not the sort of man to guess what is the matter; if no oneAs he does not know what to make of his disgrace, he thinks it isDisturbed by this stubborn resistance, this invincible silence, heI speak to Sophy, and have no difficulty in getting her to confide"Why," said I, trying to check him, and laughing in my turn at his"Do you really think that she is afraid of wealth, and that she isThe transports of joy experienced by the young man at these wordsHere am I, the confidant of these two young people and the mediatorHaving got so far as to be tolerated as an acknowledged lover,Oh that I had the brush of an Alban or a Raphael to paint theirNow that he is really eager to please, Emile begins to feel theThere is an old spinet quite out of order. EveryIn the midst of his triumph, Sophy dares to challenge the victor,Women were not meant to run; they flee that they may be overtaken.Emile, supposing that Sophy runs no better than other women, doesAlong with such occupations there is also the trade we learnt. In what they have in common, they are equal. We do notI can only think of one way of travelling pleasanter than travellingTo travel on foot is to travel in the fashion of Thales, Plato,Your town-bred scientists study natural history in cabinets; theyWhat varied pleasures we enjoy in this delightful way of travelling,If Sophy is not forgotten before we have gone fifty leagues in theOne thing leads on to another, and we make our way forward. Many of Rousseau's suggestions in this book are restatements of the ideas of other educational reformers. ... Men no longer delight in the picture of bliss;The day after I am aware of a slight change. Emile,Is it good for young people to travel? "MyOur host told us how to find our way to the house and we set off,The room we were shown into was very small, but clean and comfortable;Having dried ourselves and changed our clothes, we rejoined theSupper was hurried forward on our account. "Why," say I, "we needAs we draw near, we meet the mother and daughter even further fromBut it is rather hard never to be able to spend an evening together.Little by little the charm of friendship and the familiarityOne day Emile had gone alone and I did not expect him back till theI take care not to let him underrate the cost of his confessionYou see that the young man is very far from spending his days withOn the days when he does not see Sophy he is not sitting idle atSometimes his steps are turned in the direction of the happy abode;The day before his visit, he will go to some neighbouring farm andThe cakes lead me to talk of the races Emile used to run. People thinkA Parisian thinks he has a knowledge of men and he knows onlyTo discover the truth amidst our own prejudices and those of theLet us leave the boasted resources of books to those who are contentI maintain that it is beyond dispute that any one who has only seenBut is it necessary to travel the whole globe to study mankind? Emile is now a man, andSophy should be as truly a woman as Emile is a man, i.e., sheBut for her sex, a woman is a man; she has the same organs, theYet where sex is concerned man and woman are unlike; each is theThese resemblances and differences must have an influence on theIn the union of the sexes each alike contributes to the commonWhen this principle is admitted, it follows that woman is speciallyIf woman is made to please and to be in subjection to man, sheWho can possibly suppose that nature has prescribed the same advancesWomen so easily stir a man's senses and fan the ashes of a dyingFemale animals are without this sense of shame, but what of that?The Most High has deigned to do honour to mankind; he has endowedWhether the woman shares the man's passion or not, whether she isThus the different constitution of the two sexes leads us to a thirdThe experience we have gained through our vices has considerablyThis change in public opinion has had a perceptible effect on ourSee how we find ourselves led unconsciously from the physical toThe consequences of sex are wholly unlike for man and woman.