Monday 14 January 2008

Women are more earthy than men...



…“ Women are more earthly than men”... “The earth and this life are nearly good enough for them; not from them has there ever been much whining about their souls and immortality.” “There are more Marthas to be found than Marys.”

Feminine Influence on the Poets – Edward Thomas
From: The Life and Letters of Edward Thomas
By John Moore, published by William Heinemann 1939
P. 164

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