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Curiously enough this latter is mainly, almost exclusively, recruited from our countrywomen, who to an abnormal passion for foreign titles join surpassing ignorance of foreign society.
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Watterson critiques American women for their fascination with foreign titles and their lack of understanding of foreign cultures.
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