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| 12 | 223 | Such is valued considerably, of View more quotes about course">course, in a slave. |
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| 12 | 220 | "I am young, but I am a woman, and alive! Do you think that intelligence and maturity are prerogatives only of such as you! No! I am quick at my studies! I am alert! I think much! I am dutiful! I want to make a man happy, truly happy, in the fullest dimensions of his being, not a part of him, leaving the rest to hide, or shrivel and die! I cannot know my bondage if he does not learn his mastery! Why should his birthright be denied to him, and mine to me? As the master needs the slave so, too, the slave needs the master!" I was taken aback by her words. |
| 12 | 221 | I recalled how quietly she had lain in the box, that her veil had been disarranged when first the guardsmen, and Marcus and myself, had looked upon her. |
| 12 | 222 | She was undoubtedly of high intelligence. |
| 12 | 223 | Such is valued considerably, of course, in a slave. |
| 12 | 224 | It makes them much better slaves. |
| 12 | 225 | How much more tactful, sensitive and inventive are intelligent slaves! Indeed, the intelligence of some slaves blossoms in bondage, seemingly at last finding the apt environment for its flowering. |
| 12 | 226 | To be sure, when a girl knows she may feel the lash for a mistake, she tends to become considerably more alert. |