You know I am not born to tread in the beaten track — the peculiar bent of my nature pushes me on.
About this quote
- Attributed to
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- Source
- Letter to Everina Wollstonecraft (7 November 1787)
- Culture / tradition
- English
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- ✓ Verified source
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