For the first week of the Sian events I was a first aid worker in the streets of Sian.
AGNES SMEDLEYNo one yet knows what a man’s province is, and how far that province, as conceived of today, is artificial.
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Friendship is far more human.
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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 are many men – such as those often to be found among the Indians – who are refined until they have qualities often attributed to the female sex. Yet they are men, and strong ones.
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And the woman who could win the respect of man was often the woman who could knock him down with her bare fists and sit on him until he yelled for help.
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Much that we read of Russia is imagination and desire only.
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More and more do I see that only a successful revolution in India can break England’s back forever and free Europe itself.
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I have loved and bitterness left me for that hour. But there are times when love itself is bitter.
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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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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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Always before I had felt like a person, an individual, hopeful that I could mold my life according to some desire of my own.
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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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It is not a national question concerning India any longer; it is purely international.
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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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I have no objection to a man being a man, however masculine that may be.
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I shot, rode, jumped, and took part in all the fights of the boys.
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