Women like not only to conquer, but to be conquered.

William Makepeace Thackeray

The Virginians

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Nature of women Women

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William Makepeace Thackeray

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The Virginians

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Novel

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Historical fiction

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English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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Novelist Writer

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Thackeray, William Makepeace. The Virginians: A Tale of the Last Century. Bradbury and Evans, 1 Nov. 1857 - 1 Nov. 1859.

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If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Time
1857 1850s 19th century
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Original Citation

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "Table-Talk." Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Vol. 1. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1857.

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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. "Table-Talk." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings, edited by J. D. McClatchy. Library of America, 2000.

Another quote about Women

Woman's at best a contradiction still.

Alexander Pope

Letters of Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope
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Letters of Alexander Pope
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1735 1730s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
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Original Citation

Pope, Alexander. Letter to M. Blount. 1735, I. 270.

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Pope, Alexander. "An Epistle to a Lady." Alexander Pope: The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009.

Another quote from 1859

Owing to this struggle for life, any variation, however slight and from whatever cause proceeding, if it be in any degree profitable to an individual of any species, in its infinitely complex relations to other organic beings and to external nature, will tend to the preservation of that individual, and will generally be inherited by its offspring. The offspring, also, will thus have a better chance of surviving.

Charles Darwin

On the Origin of Species

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Natural selection Evolution

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Charles Darwin
Source
On the Origin of Species
Genre
Scientific literature
Language
English
Time
1859 1850s 19th century
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Original Citation

Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species. London: John Murray, 1859, ch. 3.

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Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species, edited by William Bynum. Penguin Classics, 2009, ch. 3.