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"You keep on like that because you are out of humour yourself....

But that's nonsense and it has nothing, nothing whatever to do

with the woman question! You don't understand; I used to think,

indeed, that if women are equal to men in all respects, even in

strength (as is maintained now) there ought to be equality in

that, too. Of course, I reflected afterwards that such a question

ought not really to arise, for there ought not to be fighting and

in the future society fighting is unthinkable... and that it

would be a queer thing to seek for equality in fighting. I am not

so stupid... though, of course, there is fighting... there won't

be later, but at present there is... confound it! How muddled one

gets with you! It's not on that account that I am not going. I am

not going on principle, not to take part in the revolting

convention of memorial dinners, that's why! Though, of course,

one might go to laugh at it.... I am sorry there won't be any

priests at it.