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Quotation from Persuasion by Jane Austen
“Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands”
Persuasion, Vol. II, Ch. 11 (Ch. 23) (1817 text)
Anne's reply to Captain Harville when he cites books as proof of women's fickleness.
Citation: "Men have had every advantage of us in telling their own story. Education has been theirs in so much higher a degree; the pen has been in their hands" — Jane Austen, Persuasion, Vol. II, Ch. 11 (Ch. 23) (1817 text). (id persuasion-q4)
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