The American Ambition Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #10

All this, as I have affirmed, made her seem rare and precious—a very expensive article, as he would have said, and one which a man with an ambition to have everything about him of the best would find it highly agreeable to possess. (11.2)

There goes Newman, at it again with the comparisons of women and jewelry. But hey—as far as he's concerned, women are mainly just very pretty possessions in human suits. Newman's not alone in this assertion, either: that was how people thought about 51% of the population in the 19th Century. Time machine? No thanks.