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By Louisa May Alcott
Money is a needful and precious thing,—and, when well used, a noble thing,—but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for. I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace.
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- Little Women; or, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy (Part 1, first edition), 1868 · Part 1, Chapter IX, "Meg goes to Vanity Fair", p. 146 (printed page number seen on the page image)
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- Internet Archive (University of California scan of Little Women, Part 1, Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1868; the title page reads 1868)
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From Chapter IX, "Meg goes to Vanity Fair", of Louisa May Alcott's novel Little Women, Part 1 (Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1868, first edition). Spoken by Mrs. March (Marmee) to her daughters Meg and Jo.