Hannah More Quote

The prevailing manners of an age depend more than we are aware, or are willing to allow, on the conduct of the women; this is one of the principal hinges on which the great machine of human society turns.

Essays on Various Subjects…for Young Ladies (1777) 'On Dissipation'

The prevailing manners of an age depend more than we are aware, or are willing to allow, on the conduct of the women; this is one of the principal...

The prevailing manners of an age depend more than we are aware, or are willing to allow, on the conduct of the women; this is one of the principal...

The prevailing manners of an age depend more than we are aware, or are willing to allow, on the conduct of the women; this is one of the principal...

The prevailing manners of an age depend more than we are aware, or are willing to allow, on the conduct of the women; this is one of the principal...