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He who lives in the single exercise of his mental faculties, however usefully or curiously directed, is equally an imperfect animal with the man who knows only the exercise of muscles.

Frances Wright

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Frances Wright
Age: 57 †
Born: 1795
Born: September 6
Died: 1852
Died: December 13
Philosopher
Writer
City of Dundee
Frances D'Arusmont
Equally
Mental
Usefully
However
Curiously
Exercise
Faculties
Single
Directed
Animal
Imperfect
Lives
Faculty
Men
Muscles

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