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Moreover, among Women , we use language implying the utmost deference for their Sex ; and they fully believe that the Chief Circle Himself is not more devoutly adored by us than they are; but behind their backs they are both regarded and spoken off –- by all except the very young as being better than “mindless organisms.
Edwin Abbott Abbott, in The Annotated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, p.107 | ||