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Our own theological Church, as we know, has scorned and vilified the body till it has seemed almost a reproach and a shame to have one, yet at the same time has credited it with power to drag the soul to perdition.

Source: Woman and Her Era, Pt. I, Ch. I , 1804.
-- Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham, (Nov 17 1815-1864), US social reformer, lecturer; She was head of the women's department of Sing-Sing, 1840s; instituted penal reforms.

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