An Exception.
She'd won no prize at any school, She'd taken no degree at college, A sweet exception to the rule. She was the woman without knowledge. And, hence, she proved a Mecca-stone To pilgrim men, oppressed and dreary, By too much smartness overthrown . Of learning, wit, and wisdom, weary. They crowded round her, mid the whirl, While brilliancy sat by unheeded — Each man rejoiced to find a girl Who did not know a® much as he did. — By Madeline Bridges, in 'Harper's Weekly."
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Free Lance, Volume III, Issue 155, 20 June 1903, Page 15
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84An Exception. Free Lance, Volume III, Issue 155, 20 June 1903, Page 15
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