The Professor was quite removed from a pat, Victorian worship of females. He entire letter is very insightful, perhaps my favorite of the lot.

Here's a little snippet of it:

"Anyway, women are in general much less romantic and more practical (than men). Don't be misled by the fact that they are more 'sentimental' in words - freer with 'darling', and all that. They do not want a guiding star. They may idealize a plain young man into a hero; but they don't really need any such glamour either to fall in love or to remain in it. If they have any delusion it is that they can 'reform' men".