Quote#Hope
To my readers in Spaceland the condition of our Women may seem truly…
Quote byEdwin Abbott Abbott · 1838–1926
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: PART I: THIS WORLD, Chapter 4. Concerning the Women.
English (original)
To my readers in Spaceland the condition of our Women may seem truly deplorable, and so indeed it is. A Male of the lowest type of the Isosceles may look forward to some improvement of his angle, and to the ultimate elevation of the whole of his degraded caste; but no Woman can entertain such hopes for her sex.
— Edwin Abbott Abbott
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