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(From “Der Pionier" of July 15, 1855.)

THE RIGHTS AND CONDITION OF WOMEN.

In No. 25 of “Der Pionier" I have read a correspondence in which you express yourself in such a peculiar manner, on the legitimate sphere of my sex, that I take the liberty to ask you for further elucidation of your views on this point. I beg you to pardon my audacity as due to the special interest that every liberal minded member of the feminine sex takes in hearing thoughtful men express themselves exhaustively and frankly, on a question that is still conceived of in such different ways. While one man would have every difference in the rights of the male and female sex abolished, and have all treated as human beings, on a footing of perfect equality, others, who likewise lay claim to a correct judgment, leave the human being out of consideration entirely, and consider only sex, and would endow each with different rights, according to its weakness, or the mission ascribed to it. You must not be surprised, after your remarks in “Der