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" The man's power is active, progressive, defensive. He is eminently the doer, the creator, the discoverer, the defender. His intellect is for speculation and invention; his energy for adventure, for war and for conquest, wherever war is just, wherever... "
Daily Life in Victorian England
by Sally Mitchell - 1996 - 311 pages
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The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music & Romance

1866 - 856 pages
...receiving from the other what the other only can give. Now, their separate characters are briefly these. The man's power is active, progressive, defensive....the discoverer, the defender. His intellect is for {peculation and invention; his energy for I'lventure, for war, and for conquest, wherever waj it just,...
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The Illustrated Magazine, Volumes 21-22

1866 - 760 pages
...receiving from the other what the other only can give. Now, their separate characters are briefly these. The man's power is active, progressive, defensive....his energy for adventure, for war, and for conquest, wherever war is just, wherever conquest necessary. But the women's power is for rule, not for battle...
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Pre-Raphaelitism

John Ruskin - 1865 - 302 pages
...receiving from the other what the other only can give. Now their separate characters arc briefly these. The man's power is active, progressive, defensive....his energy for adventure, for war, and for conquest, wherever war is just, wherever conquest necessary. But the woman's power is for rule, not for battle,...
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Sesame and Lilies: Two Lectures Delivered at Manchester in 1864

John Ruskin - 1866 - 154 pages
...receiving from the other what the other only can give. Now their separate characters are briefly these. The man's power is active, progressive, defensive....his energy for adventure, for war, and for conquest, wherever war is just, wherever conquest necessary. But the woman's power is for rule, not for battle,...
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The Ladies' Repository, Volume 26

1866 - 882 pages
...receiving from the other what the other can only give. Now, their separate characters are briefly these: װ N =} r 3 e (0 5 9 X # S wherever war is just, wherever conquest is necessary. But the woman's power is for rule, not for battle,...
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Sesame and Lilies: Two Lectures Delivered at Manchester in 1864

John Ruskin - 1867 - 144 pages
...receiving from the other what the other only can give. Now their separate characters are briefly these. The man's power is active, progressive, defensive....his energy for adventure, for war, and for conquest, wherever war is just, wherever conquest necessary. But the woman's power is for rule, not for battle,—and...
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The True Woman: A Series of Discourses, to which is Added Woman Vs. Ballot

Justin Dewey Fulton - 1869 - 314 pages
...receiving from the other what the other only can give. Their separate characters are briefly these : The man's power is active, progressive, defensive,...speculation and invention ; his energy for adventure, for work, for conquest, whenever war is just, whenever conquest is necessary. But the woman's power is...
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The Works of John Ruskin, Honorary Student of Christ Church, Oxford: Sesame ...

John Ruskin - 1871 - 212 pages
...receiving from the other what the other only can give. 68. Now their separate characters are briefly these. The man's power is active, progressive, defensive....his energy for adventure, for war, and for conquest, wherever war is just, wherever conquest necessary. But the woman's power is for rule, not for battle,...
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Marriage, a divine institution, and a spiritual and enduring union

William Bruce (of Edinburgh.) - 1871 - 160 pages
...the other what the other only can give. Now their separate characters are briefly these. The man-s power is active, progressive, defensive. He is eminently...the discoverer, the defender. His intellect is for si ecui.i:ii.-i and invention, his energy for adventure, tor i--ar, for conMiu.-t, whenever war is...
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Pearls for Young Ladies

John Ruskin - 1878 - 362 pages
...receiving from the other what the other only can give. Now their separate characters are briefly these. The man's power is active, progressive, defensive....his energy for adventure, for war and for conquest, wherever war is just, wherever conquest necessary. But the woman's power is for rule, not for battle,...
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