Admonish your wives with kindness, because woman were created from a crooked bone of the side; therefore, if you wish to straighten it, you will brea… - Thomas Patrick Hughes

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Admonish your wives with kindness, because woman were created from a crooked bone of the side; therefore, if you wish to straighten it, you will break it, and if you let it alone, it will always be crooked."

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About Thomas Patrick Hughes

Thomas Patrick Hughes, (26 March 1838 - 8 August 1911) was a British Anglica missionary who served under the auspices of the Church Mission Society (CMS) in Peshawar in British India (now Pakistan) for 20 years. Noted for his facility with languages, Islamic scholarship and contributions to the completion All Saints Memorial Church in Peshawar.

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