“When I saw her for the first time, she was wonderfully attractive… Elegant and lithe in stature, with a proud and animated appearance, her eyes brimming with the fires of the Orient, long black hair which might have served as a cloak, dark complexion, that fine olive tome that shimmers vividly, when youth and emotion mingle on that cheek aflame with a consuming fire [;] fine, attractive, even teeth, considerable grace in her bearing, firmness in her step, austerity in her dress… [U]nhappy not to be queen somewhere, if not to be queen everywhere, she was a very disturbing and very curious subject of study; you were afraid to meet her, and that fear was mixed with a certain joy.”
Works Cited: Flora Tristan: Life Stories by Susan K. Grogan; (quote from a person who met Flora Tristan)
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