Man has his will,—but woman has her way! — Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Man has his will,—but woman has her way!

Oliver Wendell Holmes

This is It · 1857

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Gender relations Men and women

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1857

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Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. "This Is It." The Atlantic Monthly. Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, Dec. 1857.

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