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Woman's Sphere
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will be realised that women, no less than men, have the right to a healthy, happy, human existence; that they have duties, not only to others, but duties to themselves; that anything that tends to dwarf and cripple them in body, mind, and spirit is wrong; that they have the right to choose in what way they will serve humanity; that—
"Not a moth, with vain desire,
Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire,
Or but subserves another's gain."
Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire,
Or but subserves another's gain."
