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One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought, for the dominion I should acquire and tran… - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
" "One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought, for the dominion I should acquire and transmit over the elemental foes of our race.
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About Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist. She was born Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, and married Percy Bysshe Shelley.
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