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Therefore let them strip, clothed in their chastity, and share in

the toils of war and in the defence of their country; he who

laughs at them is a fool for his pains.

The first wave is past, and the argument is compelled to admit

that men and women have common duties and pursuits. A second and

greater wave is rolling in-community of wives and children; is

this either expedient or possible? The expediency I do not doubt;

I am not so sure of the possibility. 'Nay, I think that a

considerable doubt will be entertained on both points.' I meant

to have escaped the trouble of proving the first, but as you have

detected the little stratagem I must even submit. Only allow me

to feed my fancy like the solitary in his walks, with a dream of

what might be, and then I will return to the question of what can

be.