Quote#Freedom
Is there any other slavery and chain like that of temperament?
Quote byMary Augusta Ward · 1851–1920
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The History of David Grieve (1891), Book IV, Ch. x, pp. 555–556.
English (original)
Is there any other slavery and chain like that of temperament?
— Mary Augusta Ward
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