Religions > Atheism > i was spoting backs to early Rob, who's terming contrary to the polymer's light
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Religions > Atheism |
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"Cyrus" |
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11 Dec 2007 11:13:22 AM |
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i was spoting backs to early Rob, who's terming contrary to the polymer's light |
is wrong.
LADY STUTFIELD: The Ideal Man, then, in his relation to us.
LADY CAROLINE: He would probably be extremely realistic.
MRS ALLONBY: The Ideal Man! Oh, the Ideal Man should talk to us as if we
were goddesses, and treat us as if we were children. He should refuse
all our serious requests, and gratify every one of our whims. He should
encourage us to have caprices, and forbid us to have missions. He should
always say much more than he means, and always mean much more than he
says.
LADY HUNSTANTON: But how could he do both, dear?
MRS ALLONBY: He should never run down other pretty women. That would
show he had no taste, or make one suspect that he had too much. No; he
should be nice about them all, but say that somehow they don't attract
him.
LADY STUTFIELD: Yes, that is always very, very pleasant to hear about
other women.
MRS ALLONBY: If we ask him a question about anything, he should give us
an answer all about ourselves. He should invariably praise us for
whatever qualities he knows we haven't got. But he should be pitiless,
quite pitiless, in reproaching us for the virtues that we have never
dreamed of possessing. He should never believe that we know the use of
useful things. That would be unforgivable. But he should shower on us
everything we don't want.
LADY CAROLINE: As far as I can see, he is to do nothing but pay bills
and compliments.
MRS ALLONBY: He should persistently compromise us in public, and treat
us with absolute respect when we are alone. And yet he should be alwa
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