To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to d…

Virginia Woolf
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To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father. ✨ Virginia Woolf, Morag Shiach (1998). A Room of One's Own: And, Three Guineas, p.173
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To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father. ✨ Virginia Woolf, Morag Shiach (1998). A Room of One's Own: And, Three Guineas, p.173

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