[Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton]@TWC D-Link bookEighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 CHAPTER XVI 19/25
I am now equally sure that it was a blunder, and, ever since, I have taken my beloved Susan's judgment against the world.
I have always found that, when we see eye to eye, we are sure to be right, and when we pull together we are strong.
After we discuss any point together and fully agree, our faith in our united judgment is immovable and no amount of ridicule and opposition has the slightest influence, come from what quarter it may. Together we withstood the Republicans and abolitionists, when, a second time, they made us the most solemn promises of earnest labor for our enfranchisement, when the slaves were safe beyond a peradventure.
They never redeemed their promise made during the War, hence, when they urged us to silence in the Kansas campaign, we would not for a moment entertain the proposition.
The women generally awoke to their duty to themselves.
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