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Chivalry is a poor substitute

Chivalry is a poor substitute for justice, if one cannot have both. Chivalry is something like the icing on the cake, sweet but not nourishing

Credit: Nellie McClung, 1915
Source: Nellie McClung. In Times Like These. p.42. 1972 ed. Also http://library2.usask.ca/herstory/cartoo.html

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