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A wife is not a man's shadow or subordinate, but his other self, his "helper," in a sense which no other creature on earth can be.

— Joseph H. Hertz

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Man must be a co-worker with God in making this earth a garden.

Man's most sacred privilege is freedom of will, the ability to obey or disobey his Maker.

Men of all lands and climes are brothers.

In spite of the pangs of travail, the longing for motherhood remains the most powerful instinct in woman.

Not indolence but congenial work is man's Divinely allotted portion.

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