"The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger.“


-Mary Wollstonecraft

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The divine right of husbands, like the divine right of kings, may, it is hoped, in this enlightened age, be contested without danger.

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