Not because they were serva... by Margaret Cavendish, an English Writer

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“Not because they were servants were we so reserved, for many noble persons are forced to serve through necessity, but by reason the vulgar sort of servants are as ill bred as meanly born, giving children ill examples and worse counsel.”

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Margaret Cavendish

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Name: Margaret Cavendish

Nationality: English

Date of Birth: 1623

Date of Death: 1673

Profession: Writer

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First, they were bred when I was not capable to observe or before I was born; likewise the breeding of men is of a different manner from that of women.

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