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The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2)

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Vosburg.

J.D.Fanning, of New York, recording secretary, asked that the resolutions be read, which was done.

Miss Anthony then made a forcible speech in their favor and they were passed unanimously, to the utter amazement and discomfiture of President Davies.
She went home well satisfied with her work, and completed preparations for the Whole World's Temperance Convention, which was held in New York, September 1 and 2.

Her zeal is amusingly illustrated by her proposal to invite Victor Hugo and Harriet Martineau to speak.

It was a splendid assemblage, addressed by the leading men and women of the day, the large hall packed at every session, the audience sitting hour after hour, orderly but full of earnestness and enthusiasm.


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