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Pope has elegantly said a perfect woman's but a softer man. And if we take in the consideration, that there can be but one rule of moral excellence for beings made of the same materials, organized after the same manner, and subjected to similar laws of Nature, we must either agree with Mr. Pope, or we must reverse the proposition, and say, that a perfect man is a woman formed after a coarser mold.

Catharine Macaulay

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Catharine Macaulay

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Born: March 23, 1731
Died: June 22, 1791 (aged 60)
Bio: Catharine Macaulay was an English historian.
Known for:
  1. Mavericks of the Sky
  2. Letters on Education, 1790 (1790)

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