• Man, born of woman, has found it a hard thing to forgive her for giving him birth. The patriarchal protest against the ancient matriarch has borne strange fruit through the years.

  Lillian Smith
  American writer 1897-1966
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. patriarchal
2. matriarch
3. against
4. ancient
5. strange
6. through

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Man, born of woman, has found it a hard thing to forgive her for giving him birth. The patriarchal protest against the ancient matriarch has borne strange fruit through the years. by : Lillian Smith

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