No man has a right to leave his wife to fight the battle alone if he i…

Robert Green Ingersoll
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No man has a right to leave his wife to fight the battle alone if he is able to help. No man has a right to desert his children if he can possibly be of use. As long as he can add to the comfort of those he loves, as long as he can . . . be of any use, it is his duty to remain. ✨ Robert Green Ingersoll (1907). The works of Robert G. Ingersoll, p.2305, Library of Alexandria
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