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Quote by Harriet Martineau
The sum and substance of female education in America, as in Englan

The sum and substance of female education in America, as in England, is training women to consider marriage as the sole object in life, and to pretend that they do not think so. – Harriet Martineau

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It is my deliberate opinion that the one essential requisite of human welfare in all ways is scientific knowledge of human nature. – Harriet Martineau

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If I felt, in the event of a royal wedding, inspired to write about people coming together in marriage or civil partnership, I would just be grateful to have an idea for the poem. And if I didnt, Id ignore it. – Carol Ann Duffy

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The weaker partner in a marriage is the one who loves the most. – Eleanora Duse

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