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 She Who Is to Come

(From "In This Our World")

(See pages 200, 209, 421, 662, 820)

A woman—in so far as she beholdeth Her one Beloved's face; A mother—with a great heart that enfoldeth The children of the Race; A body, free and strong, with that high beauty That comes of perfect use, is built thereof; A mind where Reason ruleth over Duty, And Justice reigns with Love; A self-poised, royal soul, brave, wise, and tender, No longer blind and dumb; A Human Being, of an unknown splendor, Is she who is to come!

Woman in Freedom

(From "Love's Coming of Age")

(See pages 186, 541, 608)

There is no solution except the freedom of woman—which means of course also the freedom of the masses of the people, men and women, and the ceasing altogether of economic slavery. There is no solution which will not include the redemption of the terms "free woman" and "free love" to their true and rightful significance. Let