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A Voice from the South: Soprano Obligato

A Voice from the South
Soprano Obligato
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table of contents
  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. Epigraph
  4. Dedication
  5. Our Raison d’Être
  6. A Voice from the South
    1. Soprano Obligato
      1. Womanhood a Vital Element in the Regeneration and Progress of a Race
      2. The Higher Education of Women
      3. “Woman Versus the Indian”
      4. The Status of Woman in America
    2. Tutti ad Libitum
      1. Has America a Race Problem; If So, How Can It Best Be Solved?
      2. One Phase of American Literature
      3. What Are We Worth?
      4. The Gain from a Belief
  7. Endnotes
  8. Colophon
  9. Uncopyright

Soprano Obligato

For they the Royal-hearted Women are
Who nobly love the noblest, yet have grace
For needy, suffering lives in lowliest place;
Carrying a choicer sunlight in their smile,
The heavenliest ray that pitieth the vile.
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Though I were happy, throned beside the king,
I should be tender to each little thing
With hurt warm breast, that had no speech to tell
Its inward pangs; and I would soothe it well
With tender touch and with a low, soft moan
For company.

George Eliot

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