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Mystic equality lies in abstraction, not in having or in doing, which…
Quote byD. H. Lawrence · 1885–1930
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Women in Love (1920), Ch. 17.
English (original)
Mystic equality lies in abstraction, not in having or in doing, which are processes. In function and process, one man, one part, must of necessity be subordinate to another. It is a condition of being.
— D. H. Lawrence
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