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CHAPTER XIX.
MRS. JOSEPHINE TURPIN WASHINGTON.
It is a noted historical fact that man becomes great, refined and powerful, either as an individual or as a nation, only in proportion as woman, his immediate companion and associate in society, is elevated to her natural sphere in the affairs of life that contribute to the highest
MRS. JOSEPHINE TURPIN WASHINGTON.
good and happiness of both. Her place is fast proving to be not a secondary one, but an important one, at his side. As he succeeds and conquers, she also succeeds and conquers. As he fails and goes down in the strug-
