Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander … - Henry Mayhew

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Prudent and active men, who know their strength and use it with limit and circumspection, alone go far in the affairs of the world.

Henry Mayhew

Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most frequented after nightfall in the Parks, and consent to any species of humiliation for the sake of acquiring a few shillings

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