Quote#Nature
If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each…
Quote byHavelock Ellis · 1859–1939
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Task of Social Hygiene, ch. 1 (1912).
English (original)
If men and women are to understand each other, to enter into each other's nature with mutual sympathy, and to become capable of genuine comradeship, the foundation must be laid in youth.
— Havelock Ellis
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