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I was learning that books and diagrams can be evil things if they deaden the mind of man and make him blind or cynical before subjection of any kind.

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I was ashamed of them and their ways of life. But now – yes, I love them; they are a part of my blood; they, with all their virtues and their faults, played a great part in forming my way of looking at life.
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But settled things were enemies to me and soon lost their newness and color. The unknown called.
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Subjection of any kind and in any place is beneath the dignity of man.
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To die would have been beautiful. But I belong to those who do not die for the sake of beauty.
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Now, being a girl, I was ashamed of my body and my lack of strength. So I tried to be a man.
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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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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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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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New York was a new and strange world. Vast, impersonal, merciless.
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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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I have no objection to a man being a man, however masculine that may be.
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In the little hall leading to it was a rack holding various Socialist or radical newspapers, tracts, and pamphlets in very small print and on very bad paper.
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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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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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