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women too, in plal us, turning the d w th Pl 0 , 1,llt , | : u 1 1 ""'" "" ' ''" m ighl d it quick That the) live in a land wh i not nm i r militan = v\ h m thr I I • of the I, Th.'i ) 11 rning i n .4 1 of bv bi ling •!• riml v l,j d for 3 That they live in a land so tree fr m Eurooe being levi- I in ways iiinuin ibl< beyond our com tion t possibility. There a laborer lollars earn- thirty cent- a day. whil acre yearly to the government 4. That they are in so it measure fi from the inertia of antiquity, the stratificati ns of . st< the iron shackles of custom, social, religions, politi al. 5. That they inhale a clearer and purer reli^ri mosphere. The < unmon people, of Italy f r exam pi . is a sensuous people. They eat. and drink and si p: th j need little shelter and only scanty clothing. They ha\ n aspirations: they vegetate and are happy. The Romish church with a certain marvellous tact, meet- tin p. le on their own plane without trying to lift th m any higl r, Shi 3 -ties them with f'esta-. processions, tinsel ornam< ~ J par r flowers, and ( mfessions. < hit f all i v standard of morality, public and prival . whi h isonlj vating ami depressing. The-? ai only some f the mor< salient n is I vvl the young men and women of An; ri i should appi u d r 1 aker sed with a 1 „> re dii ci * Is kindlv a he ui ti nd kindly fi licitude which M .h^ ,11 hem from their Alma Mai He * ,„• h

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