What is the main idea of the first two paragraphs?
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AMothers of daughters from poor families often agonize terribly over how their daughters will survive in the world.
Mothers of daughters from poor families often agonize terribly over how their daughters will survive in the world.
BIt is universally accepted that all men marry women in order to increase their own fortunes.
It is universally accepted that all men marry women in order to increase their own fortunes.
CNo matter what a man's own desires are, if he is rich, families will claim him for their daughters the moment he enters town.
No matter what a man's own desires are, if he is rich, families will claim him for their daughters the moment he enters town.
DWhile single men with a large fortune are not always known to families, it doesn't take the men long to be universally known.
1. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a large fortune must be in want of a wife.
2 However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters.