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The test of civilization is the estimate of woman.
George William Curtis.
A woman who is resolved to be respected can make herself so, even amidst an army of soldiers. Cervantes.
Clara: Go, if it is your duty to go. I know soldiers, and they will respect you and your errand. Stephen Barton (Her Father, an old soldier).
To a gentleman every woman is a lady, in right of her sex.
George Eliot.
Man pays deference to woman instinctively, involuntarily.
Gail Hamilton.
I gaze upon the men through blinding tears of admiration and respect, and sing in my heart “It is well to be a soldier.”
Clara Barton.