Amy's lecture did Laurie good, though, of course, he did not own it till long afterward; men seldom do, — for when women are the advisers, the lords … - Louisa May Alcott

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Amy's lecture did Laurie good, though, of course, he did not own it till long afterward; men seldom do, — for when women are the advisers, the lords of creation don't take the advice till they have persuaded themselves that it is just what they intended to do; then they act upon it, and, if it succeeds, they give the weaker vessel half the credit of it; if it fails, they generously give her the whole.