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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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