Author's Note 7
This taste, which I assume my pupil to have acquired, is a natural result of his education. Moreover. he has nothing foppish or affected about him, so that the ladies take little notice of him and he is less petted than other children; as a result he does not care for them and is less spoiled by their company; he is not yet of an age to feel its charm. I have taken care not to teach him to kiss their hands, to pay them compliments, or even to be more polite to them than to men. It is my constant rule to ask nothing from him but what he can understand, and there is no good reason why a child should treat one sex differently from the other.