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I argued that the chastity of women was of much more consequence than that of men, as the property and rights of families depend upon it.

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James Boswell
Age: 54 †
Born: 1740
Born: October 18
Died: 1795
Died: May 19
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My curiosity to see the melancholy spectacle of the executions was so strong that I could not resist it, although I was sensible that I would suffer much from it.... I got upon a scaffold near the fatal tree so that I could clearly see all the dismal scene.... I was most terribly shocked, and thrown into a very deep melancholy.
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After I went to bed I had a curious fancy as to dreams. In sleep the doors of the mind are shut, and thoughts come jumping in at the windows. They tumble headlong, and therefore are so disorderly and strange. Sometimes they are stout and light on their feet, and then they are rational dreams.
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My wife, who does not like journalizing, said it was leaving myself embowelled to posterity--a good strong figure. But I think itis rather leaving myself embalmed. It is certainly preserving myself.
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As all who come into the country must obey the King, so all who come into an university must be of the Church.
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Many infidels have maintained that Ignorance is the mother of Devotion.
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I have seen many a bear led by a man: but I never before saw a man led by a bear.
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My father had declared a predilection for heirs general, that is, males and females indiscriminately.... I, on the other hand, had a zealous partiality for heirs male, however remote.
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