Sayings of Miss Anthony.

White Ribbon, Volume 12, Issue 136, 15 September 1906, Page 9

Sayings of Miss Anthony.

Sentiment never was and never can he a guar '.ntee of justice. No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent. Self-government is as necessary for the best development of women as of men. 1 pray every single second of my life ; not on my knees, but with my work. Work and worship are one w ith me. The “greatest compliment ever paid me was that by my life work 1 had helped to make the conditions of the world better for women. All sectarian creeds an i all political policies sink into utter insignificance compared with the essence of religion and the fundamental principle of government —equal rights. If we do not inspire in women a broad and catholic spirit they will fail, when enfranchised, to constitute that power for better goA’ernmeiit w hich we have always claimed for them. The vast majority of women easily can have their sympathies drawn ujxm to help ]>ersonal and public charities, while very lew are capable of seeing that the cause of liine-tentLs of all the misfortunes which come to women, and to men also, lie in the subjection of women, and therefore the iiu|)ortaiit thing is to lay the axe at the root. While some of you must work as you are doing, giving heart and soul to the mitigation of the horrors of our semibarbaric conditions, ) must strike at the cause which produces them. As machinery in motion h.sts longer than when idle, so a body and soul in active exercise escape the corroding rust of physical and ment* 1 laziness which prematurely cuts ofT the life of so many women. 1 believe 1 am able to endure the strain of daily travelling and lecturing at over three score years and ten, mainly because I have always worked and loved w’ork. As to my habits of life, it has been impossible for me to have fixed rules f>r eating, resting, sleeping, Ac. The only advice 1 could give a young jierst n on this point would he, “ Live as simply as von can. Eat what you find agrees with your constitution—when you can get it; sleep whenever you are sleepy, and think as little of these details as possible.”