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Gentlemen, why is not the king the strongest, since he is to be obeyed in this fashion?" And he stopped speaking.
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Then the third, that is Zerubbabel, who had spoken of women and truth, began to speak:
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Gentlemen, is not the king great, and are not men many, and is not wine strong? Who then is their master, or who is their lord? Is it not women?
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Women gave birth to the king and to every people that rules over sea and land.
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From women they came; and women brought up the very men who plant the vineyards from which comes wine.
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Women make men's clothes; they bring men glory; men cannot exist without women.
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If men gather gold and silver or any other beautiful thing, and then see a woman lovely in appearance and beauty,
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they let all those things go, and gape at her, and with open mouths stare at her, and all prefer her to gold or silver or any other beautiful thing.
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A man leaves his own father, who brought him up, and his own country, and cleaves to his wife.
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With his wife he ends his days, with no thought of his father or his mother or his country.
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Hence you must realize that women rule over you! "Do you not labor and toil, and bring everything and give it to women?