anty means to be constituted so by law.

I have conversed with judges and legislators, and tried to learn
a reason for these things, but failed to find it. A noble man
once gave me what he probably thought was a good one. "Women," he
said to me, "can not earn as much as men!" We say they should be
allowed to earn as much. They have the ability, and the means
should not be shut out from them. I have heard of another man who
held woman's industrial ability at a low rate. "His wife," he
said, "had never been able to do anything but attend to her
children." "How many have you?" he was asked; and the answer was,
"Nine." Nine children to attend to! nine children cared for! and
she could do nothing more, the wife of this most reasonable man.
Now, which is of more importance to the community, the property
which that reasonable husband made, or the nine children whom
that mother brought, with affectionate and tender toil, through
the perils of infancy and youth, until they were men and women?
Which was of more importance to this land, the property which the
father of George Washington amassed, or the George Washington
whom a noble mother gave to his country? The name of Washington,
his glorious deeds, and the enduring benefits he secured for us,
still remain, and will long after the estates of Washington have
passed from his name forever!

In the State of Vermont, a wife sought a divorce from her husband
on the ground of his intemperance. They were persons moving among
our highest circles--wealthy people; and the wife knew that she
could, through the aid of her friends and relations, with the
influence and sympathy of the community, obtain a divorce and a
support for her children. That father carried away into Canada
one child, a little girl, and paid three hundred dollars to a
low, vile Frenchman, that he might keep her from her mother and
friends. Three times her almost heart-broken mother went in
search of her; twice in vain, but the third time she was found.
So badly had the poor child been treated in the vile hands in
which her father had placed her, that, when recovered, she was
almost insensible; and when, by her mother's nursing care, her
intelligence was at length restored, her joy at seeing her mother
was so violent, that it was feared its e