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of "Eminent Opinions on Woman Suff-
rage". Among those given was this
by Abraham Lincoln. "I go for all
sharing the privileges of the Government
who assist in sharing its burdens, - by
no means excluding women".

Plato has written that in the
administration of a state, neither a
woman, as a woman, nor a man, as a
man, has any special functions, but
the gifts are equally diffused in
both sexes.

The exercises closed with a selec-
tion' read by Mrs Johnson, on the "Rights
and Benefits Woman has gained in the
Past Century.

There being no unfinished busi-
ness, the meeting adjourned.