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] In the type of Mussulman government which (though not laid down in the Koran) is founded upon the spirit of the faith and the precedent of the Prophet the civil is indissolubly blended with the spiritual authority, to the detriment of religious liberty and political progress. IN THE TYPE OF MUSSULMAN GOVERNMENT WHICH THOUGH NOT LAID DOWN IN THE KORAUN HE IS FOUNDED UPON THE SPIRIT OF THE FAITH AND THE PRECEDENT OF THE PROPHET THE CIVIL IS INDISSOLUBLY BLENDED WITH THE SPIRITUAL AUTHORITY TO THE DETRIMENT OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY AND POLITICAL PROGRESS
 several relations and duties which they define. They are adapted for all ages of time and for all conditions of men. They are capable of being taken by every individual for personal guidance, according to his own sense of propriety, and they can be accommodated by society at large with a due reference to the habits and customs of the day. The attempt of Mohammed to lay down, with circumstantial minuteness, the position of the female sex, the veiling of her person, and her withdrawal from the gaze of man, has resulted in seclusion and degradation; while the spirit of the Gospel, and injunctions like that of "giving honor to the wife as to the weaker vessel,"[n] have borne the fruit of woman's elevation, and have raised her to the position of influence, honor, and equality which (notwithstanding the marital superiority of the husband in the ideal of a Christian family) she now occupies in the social scale. [Sidenote: Relations with the State. Christianity leaves humanity free to expand. ST APPAREL WITH SHAMEFACEDEDNESS AND SOBRIETY THESE AND SUCH LIKE MAXIMS EMBRACE THE WHOLE MORAL FITNESS OF THE SEVERAL RELATIONS AND DUTIES WHICH THEY DEFINE THEY ARE ADAPTED FOR ALL AGES OF TIME AND FOR ALL CONDITIONS OF MEN THEY ARE CAPABLE OF BEING TAKEN BY EVERY INDIVIDUAL FOR PERSONAL GUIDANCE ACCORDING TO HIS OWN SENSE OF PROPRIETY AND THEY CAN BE ACCOMMODATED BY SOCIETY AT LARGE WITH A DUE REFERENCE TO THE HABITS AND CUSTOMS OF THE DAY THE ATTEMPT OF MOHAMMED TO LAY DOWN WITH CIRCUMSTANTIAL MINUTENESS THE POSITION OF THE FEMALE SEX THE WAILING OF HER PERSON AND HER WITHDRAWAL FROM THE GAZE OF MAN HAS RESULTED IN SECLUSION AND DEGRADATION BY THE SPIRIT OF THE GOSPEL AND INJECTIONS LIKE THAT OF GIVING HONOR TO THE WIFE AS TO THE WEAKER WIZZLE HAVE BORNE THE FRUIT OF WOMAN'S ELEVATION AND HAVE RAISED HER TO THE PODITION OF INFLUENCE HONOUR AND EQUALITY WHICH NOTWITHSTANDING THE MARITAL SUPERIORITY OF THE HUSBAND IN THE IDEAL OF CHRISTIAN FAMILY SHE NOW OCCUPIES IN THE SOCIAL SCALE
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