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Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs.

E. W. Howe

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E. W. Howe
Age: 84 †
Born: 1853
Born: May 3
Died: 1937
Died: October 3
Editor
Journalist
Novelist
Edgar Watson Howe
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Men
Wrongs
Exaggerated
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Women

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