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    But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
    George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)

    Courage, then, for the end draws near! A few more years of persistent, faithful work and the women of the United States will be recognized as the legal equals of men.
    —Mary A. Livermore (1821–1905)