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We were an ill-matched pair, my husband and I, from the very outset; he, with very high ideas of a husband's authority and a wife's submission, holding strongly to the 'master-in-my-own-house theory,' thinking much of the details of home arrangements, precise, methodical, easily angered and with difficulty appeased.
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We were an ill-matched pair, my husband and I, from the very outset; he, with very high ideas of a husband's authority and a wife's submission, holding strongly to the 'master-in-my-own-house theory,' thinking much of the details of home arrangements, precise, methodical, easily angered and with difficulty appeased. — Annie Besant

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Annie Besant was a Philosopher from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1847–1933).

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This quote is attributed to Annie Besant, a Philosopher from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Annie Besant lived from 1847 – 1933.
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