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Arise, then, women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts, Whether our baptism be of water or of tears! Say firmly: "We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant
agencies, Our husbands will not come to us, reeking with carnage, for
caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn All that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy
and patience. We, the women of one country, will be too tender of those of
another country To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs." From the bosom of the devastated Earth a voice goes up with
our own. It says: "Disarm! Disarm! The sword of murder is not
the balance of justice." Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate
possession. As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil at the
summons of war, Let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great
and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the
dead. Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the
means Whereby the great human family can live in peace, Each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of
Caesar, But of God. In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask That a general congress of women without limit of
nationality May be appointed and held at someplace deemed most
convenient And at the earliest period consistent with its objects, To promote the alliance of the different nationalities, The amicable settlement of international questions, The great and general interests of peace. |
Very nice!
I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day.
Posted by: Shelli | 05/14/2007 at 07:15 AM
I did. Did you?
Posted by: Rowan | 05/14/2007 at 09:05 AM