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Adlai Stevenson: “No man ever had a loftier appreciation of what was due to woman.”

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No man ever had a loftier appreciation of what was due to woman.
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Adlai Stevenson

Editor's note · Context

Stevenson acknowledges the high regard and respect for women held by the individual he describes.

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