What is contrary to women's nature to do, they never will be made to d…

John Stuart Mill
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What is contrary to women's nature to do, they never will be made to do by simply giving their nature free play. ✨ John Stuart Mill (1870). The Subjection of Women, p.48, Hayes Barton Press
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