should learn to have a will, an
active opinion in public affairs, and this disposition will,
doubtless, continue to increase, as it has done for the last
two years.

Hail, dear and valiant sisters; blessed be your work in
which my heart, and many of those around me unite.

ANDRE LEO.

Mesdames PAULINA W. DAVIS, LUCRETIA MOTT, MARTHA WRIGHT,
ELIZABETH C. STANTON, ISABELLA B. HOOKER.

NAPLES, October 10, 1870.

DEAR MRS. DAVIS:--I have only now received your letter, or I
should sooner have expressed how highly I am gratified by
the honor you do me in asking my opinions with regard to
woman suffrage. I can not more strongly show my sympathy
with my accomplished sisters in the United States, than by
saying that I signed a petition to the British Parliament,
requesting permission for women to vote at the elections. It
was rejected, for the opposition and prejudices in the men
of Great Britain are still very strong against any change in
our condition. We have, however, gained a most important
privilege lately, chiefly through the liberality of the
University of Cambridge, in having the opportunity of
acquiring every branch of knowledge, literary and
scientific.

We owe much to the society of which you are the secretary,
for persevering in our behalf for twenty years under strong
opposition. The progress of civilization will ultimately
emancipate half the human race from the low position in
which we have hitherto been kept. Accept, dear Mrs. Davis,
my thanks for your letter, and believe me,

Very sincerely yours, MARY SOMERVILLE.

VICTORIA PRESS, LONDON, Oct. 3, 1870.

MY DEAR MRS. DAVIS AND MRS. STANTON:--Will you kindly let me
answer both your notes together, and assure you how much I
value the feeling which prompted you to write them. I shall
not easily part with either of those letters, although
pressure of work drives me to answer them in one, and say
that I am utterly unable to respond to your wish that I
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