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— August Wilhelm von Schlegel"The thinker requires exactly the same light as the painter, clear, without direct sunshine, or blinding reflection, and, where possible, from above."
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Women's thoughts are impelled by their feelings. Hence the sharp-sightedness, the direct instinct, the quick perceptions; hence also their warmer prejudices and more unbalanced judgments. In this the child is like the woman.
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