The danger to the country, to Europe, to her vast Empire, which is involved in having all these great interests entrusted to the shaking hand of an old, wild, and incomprehensible man of 82, is very great!
Queen VictoriaThere is, however, another subject on which the Queen feels most strongly, and that is this horrible, brutalizing, un-Christian-like vivisectionโฆIt must really not be permitted. It is a disgrace to a civilized country.
Queen VictoriaWere women to "unsex" themselves by claiming equality with men, they would become the most hateful, heathen, and disgusting of beings and would surely perish without male protection.
Queen Victoria