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And oh! it would be perfectly frightful, would it not, Caroline, dear? if we got back to a state where men were obliged to club us to get their own way! AND OH IT WOULD BE PERFECTLY FRIGHTFUL WOULD IT NOT CAROLINE DEAR IF WE GOT BACK TO A STATE WHERE MEN WERE OBLIGED TO CLUB US TO GET THEIR OWN WAY
nd not half so endowed with instinct, is becoming a perfect bore! She has not the sense to see that, if she were really gifted, nothing on earth could keep her from being individual, and that, if she is not so, to try to push forward her commonplace ideas only clogs the wheels of progress for the general company. Numbers of foolish feather-brains, bitten with the idea that they have this high mission of showing their individuality, have upset all possibility of their own happiness and that of their families. Numbers of the poor suffragettes are composed of these. The mass of women could not have been intended to be individual by the laws of Nature--not of man--and the few who are highly gifted have unconsciously been raised on pedestals without their own effort. These are the first to comprehend that it is necessary to look facts straight in the face, and to realize that when it comes to the last stand, no matter what laws are made, man will still be the master, through physical force. LD IN INTELLIGENCE AND NOT HALF SO ENDOWED WITH INSTINCT IS BECOMING A PERFECT BALL SHE HAS NOT THE SENSE TO SEE THAT IF SHE WERE REALLY GIFTED NOTHING ON EARTH COULD KEEP HER FROM BEING INDIVIDUAL AND THAT IF SHE IS NOT SO TO TRY TO PUSH FORWARD HER COMMONPLACE IDEAS ONLY CLOGS THE WHEELS OF PROGRESS FOR THE GENERAL COMPANY NUMBERS OF FOOLISH FEATHER BRAINS BITTEN WITH THE IDEA THAT THEY HAVE THIS HIGH MISSION OF SHOWING THEIR INDIVIDUALITY HAVE UPSET ALL POSSIBILITY OF THEIR OWN HAPPINESS AND THAT OF THEIR FAMILIES NUMBERS OF THE POOR SUFFRAGETTES ARE COMPOSED OF THESE THE MASS OF WOMEN COULD NOT HAVE BEEN INTENDED TO BE INDIVIDUAL BY THE LAWS OF NATURE NOT OF MAN AND THE FEW WHO ARE HIGHLY GIFTED HAVE UNCONSCIOUSLY BEEN RAISED ON PEDESTALS WITHOUT THEIR OWN EFFORT THESE ARE THE FIRST TO COMPREHEND THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO LOOK FACTS STRAIGHT IN THE FACE AND TO REALIZE THAT WHEN IT COMES TO THE LAST STAND NO MATTER WHAT LAWS ARE MADE MAN WILL STILL BE THE MASTER THROUGH PHYSICAL FORCE
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