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Given that we glimpse what distinguishes man from the beast, is there anything that distinguishes woman from man?

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It is not age which killed Boston, for no cities die of age; it is the youth of other cities.

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Men have been found to deny woman intellect; they have credited her with instinct, with intuition, with a capacity to correlate cause and effect much as a dog connects its collar with a walk.

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She is still less civilized than man, largely because she has not been educated.

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The solar system is like a roulette gone mad, and the earth is the ball. It's been rolling for millions of years; what's going to happen if it stops? What hole will the ball plump into? Thirty-six - A pocketful of money for everybody - or zero? And the eternal banker sweeps up the stakes?

W. L. George

W. L. George

W. L. George

Born: 1882

Died: January 30, 1926 (aged 44)

Bio: Walter Lionel George was an English writer, chiefly known for his popular fiction, which included feminist, pacifist, and pro-labour themes.

Known for:

Her Unwelcome Husband (1922)
The Intelligence of Woman (1916)
A Novelist on Novels (1918)
A Bed of Roses (1911)

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