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About Women

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Day
16
Month
February
Year
1883
Copyright
Public Domain
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St. .Louis Spectator. They are the salt of the earth. They are the fine linen and pure gold of society. They are the most honest, the most just, the truest, and most exaltad. Th y are the quiet, noiseless agonts that make that public sentiment whioh is always the best tribunal for the trial of all great social qtiestions. They train the best slatesnien. teacli the ajreatest soldiers, and inspire the sreetcst poets. As the prattling child ralea bj. its weakness so does woman rulo by ler serene gentleness. Her deft touch puts the secret springs of tin: whole world in motion. She speaks behind he throne in a whisper, but her worda urn the balance against the Jiowl of the mob and calm the waters of a turbulent soa. She is the guardián angel of the world's destinies, the ministering spirit Iiat passes noiselessly from heart to ïeart and seals tip all mankind in oüe ïarmonious brothcrhood. If the mflcnium ever eomes, if there is a time vhen the lion and the lamb lie down torether, when swords are turned to )lovshares, and spears into pruning ïooks, when peaoc, and love and honor reign supremo in the minde! of men, voman will have wrought the new vork, and she will bejquoen of tlie np y cingdom. Connecticut furnishes the prize cat tory. The Rev. Mr. Hanailton was astor of a church in Norwalk, but went o Boston, taking with him his fine Malese cat. Mr. Ilamilton liked the modern Athens, but the cat apparently did lot, for he- it is hinted that it was a Thomas - walked all the way back to íorwalk, a distance of 180 miles. That fat bas within him the foundation for ofty patriotism.

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Ann Arbor Courier
Old News