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“And oh! the joy of a new means of progression. To cleave the air as though on wings, defying time and space by putting what had been a day’s journey on foot behind one in a couple of hours!” (320).

Fascinating! I never considered before how revolutionary the bicycle was—it changed women’s clothing too. Flora talks about how the early bicycling women stopped wearing as many petticoats.