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In the onward march of progress of any people there is no one thing that can do more to make or mar than the disposition and tendencies of its women. Just as surely as water can only rise to its own level so surely can a race hope only to rise to the height of its women. If they are noble, pure and good, we may confidently expect their influence to bring about the same characteristics in the sterner sex, for