Man has his will,—but woman has her way!

Oliver Wendell Holmes

This is It

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Gender relations Men and women

Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Source

This is It The Atlantic

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1857 1850s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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United States

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Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. "This Is It." The Atlantic Monthly. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, Dec. 1857.

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Who order'd, that their longing's fire
Should be, as soon as kindled, cool'd?
Who renders vain their deep desire?
A God, a God their severance rul'd!
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The unplumb'd, salt, estranging sea.

Matthew Arnold

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Lost love

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Matthew Arnold
Medium
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Time
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Arnold, Matthew, [published as A]. "To Marguerite." Empedocles on Etna, and Other Poems. London: B. Fellowes, 1852, st. 4.

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When two people take each other on terms of perfect equality, without the desire of one to control the other, to make the other subservient, it is a beautiful thing. It is the truest and highest state of life.

Susan B. Anthony

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Women's equality Men and women Relationships
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Susan B. Anthony
Source
New York World
Medium
Interview
Language
English
Time
1896 1890s 19th century
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Original Citation

Anthony, Susan B. “Champion of Her Sex.” Interviewed by Nellie Bly. New York World, 2 Feb. 1896.

Current Citation

Anthony, Susan B. “Champion of Her Sex.” The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: An Awful Hush 1895 to 1906, edited by Ann D. Gordon. Vol. 6, Rutgers University Press, 2013.