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Maria Edgeworth Quotes

The law, in our case, seems to make the right; and the very reverse ought to be done - the right should make the law.
Maria Edgeworth

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Author Details:
Type:
Novelist Quotes
Category:
Irish Novelist Quotes
Date of Birth:
January 1, 1767
Date of Death:
May 22, 1849
Nationality:
Irish
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