"It seems that it is madder never to abandon one's self than often to be infatuated; better to be wounded, a captive and a slave, than always to walk in armor."

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Source: Margaret Fuller (1844). “Summer on the Lakes”, p.73, Ardent Media

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Margaret Fuller

Transcendentalist, Writer

Margaret Fuller was a 19th-century American journalist and feminist, known for her influential work 'Woman in the Nineteenth Century' advocating for women's rights.

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