[Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 by Elizabeth Cady Stanton]@TWC D-Link bookEighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 CHAPTER XXII 11/42
No lofty virtues can emanate from such a condition.
Whatever heights of dignity and purity women have individually attained can in no way be attributed to the dogmas of their religion. With my son Theodore, always deeply interested in my friends and public work, I called, during my stay in London, on Mrs.Grey, Miss Jessie Boucherett, and Dr.Hoggan, who had written essays for "The Woman Question in Europe"; on our American minister (Mr.Lowell), Mr.and Mrs. George W.Smalley, and many other notable men and women.
By appointment we had an hour with the Hon.
John Bright, at his residence on Piccadilly.
As his photograph, with his fame, had reached America, his fine face and head, as well as his political opinions, were quite familiar to us.
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