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To swallow and follow, whether old doctrine or new propaganda, is a weakness still dominating the human mind.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Age: 75 †
Born: 1860
Born: July 3
Died: 1935
Died: August 17
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A man does not have to stay at home all day, in order to love it why should a woman?
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I do not want to be a fly,I want to be a worm!
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