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Introduction.
With these brief replies to the oft-repeated objections made by the opposition, we hope to rouse new thoughts in minds prepared to receive them. That equal rights for woman have not long ago been secured, is due to causes beyond the control of the actors in this reform "The success of a movement," says Lecky," depends much less upon the force of its arguments, or upon the ability of its advocates, than the predisposition of society to receive it."