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Mary Wollstonecraft Quotes: Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness.
         

Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness.


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This page presents the quote "Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness.". Author of this quote is Mary Wollstonecraft. This quote is about men, innocent, women, children, epithet, weakness, term,.