...declares in the opening sentence of his new book, that : — " The subordination of one sex to another is one of the chief hindrances to human improvement, and that it ought to be replaced by perfect equality." Whether it will ever be so, whether we should be happier or better in consequence...

...fixed by laws and systems of polity ; and the thesis of the needed reform is stated in these words : " The principle which regulates the existing social...of one sex to the other — is wrong in itself, and is now one of the chief hindrances to human improvement, and ought to be replaced by a principle of...

...fixed by laws and systems of polity ; and the thesis of the needed reform is stated in these words : " The principle which regulates the existing social...of one sex to the other — is wrong in itself, and is now one of the chiej: hindrances to human improvement, and ought to be replaced by a principle of...

...Court of Appeals, and in the highest tribunals of En* The legal subordination of one sex to another is wrong in itself, and now one of the chief hindrances to human Improvement ; It ought to be replaced by a principle of perfect equality, admitting no powers or privileges on...

...that book. PIERS. What is it called? CEC. "The Subjection of Women." PIERS, (opening it and reading) " The principle which regulates the existing social...subordination of one sex to the other — is wrong in itself." CEC. (taking book and reading) " It ought to be replaced by a principle of perfect equality, admitting...

...general practice." And again, in 1869, Mr. John Stuart Mill put forward exactly the same argument : " The principle which regulates the existing social...now one of the chief hindrances to human improvement ; it ought to be replaced by a principle of perfect equality, admitting no power or privilege on the...

...modified, has been constantly growing stronger by the progress of reflection and the experience of life: That the principle which regulates the existing social relations between the two sexes—the legal subordination of one sex to the other—is wrong in itself, and now one of the chief...

...published in 1869, is the basis of the modern suffrage movement. Here are some of the phrases of Mill : " The principle which regulates the existing social...of one sex to the other — is wrong in itself and one of the chief hindrances to human improvement." But he is not sentimental ; one feels that he blames...

...modified, has been constantly growing stronger by the progress of reflection and the experience of life: That the principle which regulates the existing social...two sexes — the legal subordination of one sex to the^other — is wrong in itself, and now""6ne"bf the chief hindrances to human improvement; and that...

...again and at peace. She was certain now of the path God willed that she should take. "The principal which regulates the existing social relations between...one of the chief hindrances to human improvement; it ought to be replaced by a principle of perfect equality, admitting no power or privilege on one...