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The Measure of a Man

CHAPTER VII
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Their endless variety and their eternal similarity are what charm men.

In the days of the patriarchs there were women who would not have children, and there were women also who longed and prayed for them, even as Hannah did.

It is just that way today.

Their reasons then and their reasons now may be different but both are equally powerful." "I never heard tell of such women! Never!" "They were not likely to come thy road.

Thou wert long in taking a wife, and when thou did so it was unfortunate thou took one bred up in the way she should _not_ go.


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