Subjection of any kind and in any place is beneath the dignity of man.
AGNES SMEDLEYSubjection of any kind and in any place is beneath the dignity of man.
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But here in New York I was ignorant, insignificant, unimportant–one in millions whose destiny concerned no one. New York did not even know of my existence. Nor did it care.
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Like all my family and class, I considered it a sign of weakness to show affection; to have been caught kissing my mother would have been a disgrace, and to have shown affection for my father would have been a disaster.
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Gambling in the mark has been the great indoor sport of the capitalists for months, and consequently food has increased by 25 to 100 per cent.
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It was a technical Marxist subject and I did not understand it nor did I know what questions to ask.
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So I had to be the doctor to these wounded men until we could remove them to the hospital.
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It is not a national question concerning India any longer; it is purely international.
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I joined another circle and the leader gave us a little leaflet in very small print, asking us to read it carefully and then come prepared to ask questions.
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My mother listened to all the news from the camp during the strike.
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I feel like a person living on the brink of a volcano crater.
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Yet it is awful to love a person who is a torture to you. And a fascinating person who loves you and won’t hear of anything but your loving him and living right by his side through all eternity!
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I would not let it ruin me as it ruined others! I would speak only with money, hard money.
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I believe only in money, not in love or tenderness. Love and tenderness meant only pain and suffering and defeat.
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But I see no reason why a woman should not grow and develop in all those outlets which are suited to her nature, it matters not at all what they may be.
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There were fifty-four women and forty little boys with the Red Army prisoners, and I went daily to take care of them also.
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No one yet knows what a man’s province is, and how far that province, as conceived of today, is artificial.
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