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Obedience to the behests of duty gives peace, even when love is lacking; and peace is a diviner thing than happiness.

The very highest function of woman is to raise and train the family; it is the very highest function of man also.

The old-time theory that “all men support all women” led to the enactment of laws which gave all the earnings of the married woman to her husband; in most instances gave him control of her property, always legal possession of her person, and legal ownership of her minor children; the righto decide the location of their joint domicile; the power, in short, the become the arbiter of her fate;