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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Quotes and Quotations
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. Even where the affections are not strongly moved by any superior excellence, the companions of our childhood always possess a certain power over our minds which hardly any later friend can obtain. I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves. Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose-a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye. |