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What said a woman to King Philip, that pulled
and hauled her to him by violence against her will? Let
me go, said she, for when the candles are out, all women
are alike. This is aptly applied to men addicted to adultery and lust. But a virtuous wife, when the candle is
taken away, ought then chiefly to differ from all other
women. For when her body is not to be seen, her chastity, her modesty, and her peculiar affection to her husband ought then to shine with their brightest lustre.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Morals. Translated from the Greek by several hands. Corrected and revised by. William W. Goodwin, PH. D. Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. Cambridge. Press Of John Wilson and son. 1874. 2.
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