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The Common View Of Marriage As A Primitive Institution Implies In The Man More Than Arbitrary Superiority, Such As He Exercised Over The Child, Which Still Remained Free. The Woman's Slavery Was Assumed To Be For Life.
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The Common View Of Marriage As A

Henry Adams
The Common View Of Marriage As A Primitive Institution Implies In The Man More Than Arbitrary Superiority, Such As He Exercised Over The Child, Which Still Remained Free. The Woman's Slavery Was Assumed To Be For Life.
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