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Quote by Mervyn Griffith-Jones
Would you approve of your young sons, young daughters -- because g

Would you approve of your young sons, young daughters — because girls can read as well as boys — reading this book? Is it a book that you would have lying around in your own house? Is it a book that you would even wish your wife or your servants to read? – Mervyn Griffith-Jones

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