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Quote by Edward Bellamy

“Badly off as the men...were in your day, they were more fortunate than their mothers and wives.”

Quote by Edward Bellamy

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Edward Bellamy
Edward Bellamy

Edward Bellamy was an American author best known for his utopian novel 'Looking Backward', which had a profound impact on socialist thought in the late 19th century. more

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