"There are more gods preached here," I said, "than ever were known on
the Acropolis."
Up the square a few paces I saw a covered wagon with a dense crowd
around it. And in front of it upon a little platform which raised the
speaker high above the heads of the audience stood a woman, speaking
with shrill ardour. Most of the hearers were men; and she was telling
them with logic and authority that the progress of civilization waited
upon the votes of women. The army of the world stood still until the
rear rank of its women could be brought into line! Morals languished,
religion faded, industries were brutalized, home life destroyed! If only
women had their rights the world would at once become a beautiful and
charming place! Oh, she was a powerful and earnest speaker; she made me
desire above everything, at the first opportunity, to use my share of
the power in this Government to provide each woman with a vote. And just
as I had reached this compliant stage there came a girl smiling and
passing her little basket. The sheer art of it! So I dropped in my coin
and took the little leaflet she gave me and put it side by side with the
other literature of my accumulating library.
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