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Is a woman a thinking unit at all, or a fraction always wanting its integer?

Thomas Hardy

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Thomas Hardy
Age: 87 †
Born: 1840
Born: June 2
Died: 1928
Died: January 28
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Fractions
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Units
Wanting
Woman
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Thinking
Integers
Fraction

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