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" The sum and substance of female education in America, as in England, is training women to consider marriage as the sole object in life, and to pretend that they do not think so. "

Harriet Martineau

Women

Think

Marriage

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Pete Seeger

You

Fine

" In our education system, we are taught to munch figures and remember them for lifetime. But does it help? We are not taught how to make decisions. "

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Education

Adversity

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