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The Argument on Constancy from "Persuasion". Anne and Captain Harville engage in a debate about whether men or women are more constant in love. Anne argues that women love longest, even when hope is gone.

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The Argument on Constancy

Anne and Captain Harville engage in a debate about whether men or women are more constant in love. Anne argues that women love longest, even when hope is gone. Captain Harville disagrees, but their conversation is overheard by Wentworth, who is deeply moved.