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"Purists who insist that the only proper meanings of words are their original, etymological senses should know, by that token, that women cannot testify or give testimony and that men cannot become hysterical ."
"Purists who insist that the only proper meanings of words are their original meanings should know, by that token, that women cannot testify..."