But by that time Lady Harman had acquired the habit of reading and the habit of thinking over what she read, and from that it is an easy step to thinking over oneself and the circumstances of one's own life. The one thing trains for the other.

H.G. Wells
About This Quote

"by that time" is an idiom that means "at some point in the past." "Lady Harman" is a reference to Mary Wollstonecraft, who wrote the book "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman." She was a philosopher who spoke out for the freedom of women.

Source: The Wife Of Sir Isaac Harman

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