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Because young humans remain dependent upon nurture for a much longer
period than other mammals , and because of the ... There is much to suggest that
the male mind has always been haunted by the force of the idea of dependence
on a ...
Because young humans remain dependent upon nurture for a much longer
period than other mammals , and because of the ... There is much to suggest that
the male mind has always been haunted by the force of the idea of dependence
on a ...
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When the mild , dependent , softening influence upon the sternness of man ' s
opinion is fully exercised , society feels the effect of it in a thousand forms . The
power of woman is her dependence , flowing from the consciousness of that ...
When the mild , dependent , softening influence upon the sternness of man ' s
opinion is fully exercised , society feels the effect of it in a thousand forms . The
power of woman is her dependence , flowing from the consciousness of that ...
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( 2 ) " an historical period in which man ' s dependence on the earth and nature is
at its greatest ” ; and ( 3 ) “ the ... the giver of nourishment , becomes everywhere
a revered principle of nature , on which man is dependent in pleasure and pain .
( 2 ) " an historical period in which man ' s dependence on the earth and nature is
at its greatest ” ; and ( 3 ) “ the ... the giver of nourishment , becomes everywhere
a revered principle of nature , on which man is dependent in pleasure and pain .
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