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 have even opened Parliament without any dire consequences. One would have liked some clue as to what would happen if they sat with men making laws for pure and righteous government.

Other speeches were made, but it is not necessary to reproduce either the whole of the arguments of the speakers already named or a complete list of those who spoke. The motion was carried by thirty-seven to eleven. On August 19th, Sir John Hall's Woman's Franchise Bill was read for the first time, but no further opportunity was afforded that session. The reconnaisance had succeeded, and further operations had to await a convenient opening.