A fitting capstone for this topic might be CAS's own words (quoting, with apparent approval, George Sterling):
"Regarding women, [Sterling's] advice was often sage, and often exquisitely raffish. . . . 'Don't ever let a woman get the upper hand of you,' he counseled. 'Rule them with a rod of iron'."
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