| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 65269 |
| QUOTATION: | Independence I have long considered as the grand blessing of life, the basis of every virtue; and independence I will ever secure by contracting my wants, though I were to live on a barren heath. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–1797), British feminist writer. “Dedication,” A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Wollstonecraft Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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