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Excerpt from Report of the International Council of Women: Assembled by the National Woman Suffrage Association, Washington, D. C., U. S. Of America, March 25 to April 1, 1888 Recognizing her divinely-appointed mission, she cried out: Speak now, Lord, for thy servant heareth thee. And the answer came: The Lord giveth the Word, and the women that publish the tidings are a great host. To-day the vision is a reality. From every land the voice of woman is heard proclaiming the word which is given to her, and the wondering world, which, for a moment stopped its busy wheel of life that it might smite and jeer her, has at last learned that wherever the intuitions of the human mind a! Are called into special exercise, wherever the art of persuasive eloquence is demanded, wherever heroic conduct is based upon duty rather than im pulse, wherever her efforts in opening the sacred doors for the benefit of truth can avail - in one and all of these respects woman greatly excels man, and the wisest and best people everywhere feel that if woman enters upon her tasks wielding her own effective armor, if her inspirations are pure and holy, the Spirit Omnipotent, whose influence has held sway in all movements and reforms, whose voice has called into its service. The great workmen of every age. Shall, in these last days, fall especially upon woman, and if she venture to obey, what is man that he should attempt to abrogate her sacred and divine mission? And, in the presence of what woman has already accomplished who shall say that a true woman - noble in humility, strong in her gentleness, rising above all selfishness, gathering up the varied gifts and accomplishments to consecrate them to God and humanity - who shall say that such an one is not in a position to do that for which the world will no longer rank her other than among the first in the work of human redemption? Then, in uenced by lofty motives, stimulated by the wail of humanity and the glory of God, woman may go forth and enter into any field of usefulness that opens up before her. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."