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 The splendor of whose dawn we shall not see, When selfish bonds of family and clan Melt in the higher love that yet shall be! O State without a master or a slave, Whose law of light we crave Ere morning widen on a world set free!

The Coming Dawn

(From "Woman")   (See page 807)  Every day furnishes fresh proof of the rapid growth and spread of the ideas that we represent. In all fields there is tumult and push. The dawn of a fair day is approaching with mighty strides. Let us then ever battle and strive forward, unconcerned as to "where" and "when" the boundary-posts of the new and better day for mankind will be raised. And if, in the course of this great battle for the emancipation of the human race, we should fall, those now in the rear will step forward; and we shall fall with the consciousness of having done our duty as human beings, and with the conviction that the goal will be reached, however the powers hostile to humanity may struggle or strain in resistance. Ours is the world, despite all; that is, for the workers and the woman.