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It has already been observed that women, wherever placed, however high or low in the scale of cultivation, hold the destinies of human kind. Men will ever rise or fall to the level of the other sex.

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
Ever
However
Placed
Human
Level
Scale
Humans
Hold
Scales
Kind
Already
Wherever
Men
Levels
Rise
High
Lows
Destinies
Fall
Destiny
Cultivation
Women
Sex
Observed

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