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It should be remarked that, as the principle of liberty is better understood, and more nobly interpreted, a broader protest is made in behalf of women. As men become aware that few have had a fair chance, they are inclined to say that no women have had a fair chance.

Margaret Fuller

Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism. But in fact they are perpetually passing into one another. Fluid hardens to solid, solid rushes to fluid. There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman.

We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness.

Margaret Fuller

Men

Excuses

Two persons love in one another the future good which they aid one another to unfold.

Margaret Fuller

Love

Future

Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.

The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work.

The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function, spiritual in tendency.

Only the dreamer shall understand realities, though in truth his dreaming must be not out of proportion to his waking.

Margaret Fuller

Truth

Waking

Nature provides exceptions to every rule.

Margaret Fuller

Nature

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.

Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience.