"I never thought I had a right to sacrifice another being to my own good or pleasure; but whatever else ensued you would be placed in circumstances infinitely more favourable to happiness than before."
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In a letter to Sabrina Sidney, whom Day attempted to groom into the "perfect wife", explaining his behaviour towards her; as quoted in How to Create the Perfect Wife: The True Story of One Gentleman, Two Orphans and an Experiment to Create the Ideal Woman (2013), Weidenfeld & Nicolson, p. 115
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Thomas Day (writer)
Thomas Day (22 June 1748 – 28 September 1789) was a British author and abolitionist. He is best known for writing the book The History of Sandford and Merton which emphasized Rousseauvian educational ideals.
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