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Man pays deference to woman instinctively, involuntarily, not because she is beautiful, or truthful, or wise, or foolish, or proper, but because she is woman, and he can not help it. If she descends, he will lower to her level; if she rises, he will rise to her height.

— Mary Abigail Dodge Woman's Worth and Worthlessness (1872)

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Every person is responsible for only the good within his abilities, and for no more, and no one can tell whose sphere is the largest.

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