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Can anything be more absurd than keeping women in a state of ignorance, and yet so vehemently to insist on their resisting temptation?
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All sensible people agree in thinking that large seminaries of young ladies, though managed with all the vigilance and caution which human abilities can exert, are in danger of great corruption.
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It often happens that the quotations constitute the most valuable part of a book.
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Vicesimus Knox
Born:
1752
Died:
1821
(aged 69)
Bio:
Vicesimus Knox was an English essayist, headmaster and Anglican priest.
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