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mercenary
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Though Millie is mercenarily determined to marry a rich man ("The new woman chooses reason over romance every day of the week," she asserts), she ultimately finds that human emotions are not so easy to stifle.
The tendency of mercenarily motivated groups to disintegrate will also favor the formation of progressively smaller and smaller groups, for the expulsion of members from a group bound by a commitment to the acquisition of wealth will always increase the benefits to those remaining.
Mossane, 14, lovely, pure-minded and a good cook, is pursued by several suitors, among whom her parents mercenarily choose.
 
 
 
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