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Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Catharine Macaulay

Catharine Macaulay, later Catharine Graham, was an English Whig republican historian.

April 2, 1731 - June 22, 1791
Pope has elegantly said a perfect woman's but a softer man. And if we take in the consideration, that there can be but one rule of moral excellence for beings made of the same materials, organized after the same manner, and subjected to similar laws of Nature, we must either agree with Mr. Pope, or we must reverse the proposition, and say, that a perfect man is a woman formed after a coarser mold.
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