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DEDICATION
To those noble and courageous women of England and America who aretrying to demonstrate to the world that Civilization cannot reach thesupreme heights of progress without giving freedom to the mental,spiritual and physical energies of women, and that government willalways lack a vital element in its functions, so long as women aredeprived of equal participation in its operations—This Book IsRespectfully Dedicated by the Author.
"But life shall on and upward go; Th' eternal step of Progress beats To that great anthem, calm and slow, Which God repeats."
