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Sustained progress becomes impossible. Such is the outcome of an attempt to improve upon nature and banish woman, the help meet of man, from the position assigned by God to her in the world. SUSTAINED PROGRESS BECOMES IMPOSSIBLE SUCH IS THE OUTCOME OF AN ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE UPON NATURE AND BANISH WOMAN THE HELPMATE OF MAN FROM THE POSITION ASSIGNED BY GOD TO HER IN THE WORL
t the nature of things to suppose that the body, thus shorn and mutilated, can possess in itself the virtue and power of progress, reform, and elevation. The link connecting the family with social and public life is detached, and so neither is _en rapport_, as it should be, with the other. Reforms fail to find entrance into the family or to penetrate the domestic soil where alone they could take root, grow into the national mind, live, and be perpetuated. Under such conditions the seeds of civilization refuse to germinate. No real growth is possible in free and useful institutions, nor any permanent and healthy force in those great movements which elsewhere tend to uplift the masses and elevate mankind. There may, it is true, be some advance, from time to time, in science and in material prosperity; but the social groundwork for the same is wanting, and the people surely relapse into the semi-barbarism forced upon them by an ordinance which is opposed to the best instincts of humanity. LEMENT AND IT WOULD BE AGAINST THE NATURE OF THINGS WHO SUPPOSE THAT THE BODY THUS SHORN AND MUTILATED COMPOSES IN ITSELF THE VIRTUE AND POWER OF PROGRESS REFORM AND ELEVATION THE LINK CONNECTING THE FAMILY WITH SOCIAL AND PUBLIC LIFE IS DETACHED AND SO NEITHER IS ENRAPU AS IT SHOULD BE WITH THE OTHER REFORMS FAILED TO FIND ENTRANCE INTO THE FAMILY OR TO PENETRATE THE DOMESTIC SOIL WHERE ALONE THEY COULD TAKE ROOT GROW INTO THE NATIONAL MIND LIFE AND BE PERPETUATED UNDER SUCH CONDITIONS THE SEEDS OF CIVILIZATION REFUSE TO GERMINATE NO REAL GROWTH IS POSSIBLE IN FREE AND USEFUL INSTITUTIONS NOT ANY PERMANENT AND HEALTHY FORCE IN THOSE GREAT MOVEMENTS WHICH ELSEWHERE TEND TO UPLIT THE MASSES AND ELEVATE MANKIND THERE MAY IT IS TRUE BE SOME ADVANCE FROM TIME TO TIME IN SCIENCE AND IN MATERIAL PROSPERITY BUT THE SOCIAL GROUND WORK FOR THE SAME IS WANTING AND THE PEOPLE SURELY RELAPSE INTO THE SEMI BARBARISM FORCED UPON THEM BY AN ORDINANCE WHICH IS OPPOSED TO THE BEST INSTINCTS OF HUMANITY
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