"not considered worth the pains, time and money, of being taught to read; but the women of China have souls; and there are deep fountains there, sending out, as far as their situation admits, streams of maternal and sisterly affection. And there are fountains of evil too, and the courses that issue from them are broad and deep. Ungovernable temper often spreads discord in the domestic circle, and the strong folds of idolatrous superstition bind(...)".