minds of today have
progressed far enough to accept her doctrine of perfect equality, which
will be universally admitted by the next generation, there are few who
do not recognize and honor the splendid character of the woman and the
service she has rendered. Just as these closing words are being written,
the State superintendent of public works, George W. Aldridge, announces
that he has ordered her face to be carved in the Capitol at Albany, one
of the magnificent public buildings of the world. Here, wrought in
imperishable stone, amidst those of the country's greatest warriors and
statesmen, it will look down forever upon that grand staircase whose
marble steps were so many times pressed by her weary feet, as she made
her annual pilgrimage to plead for liberty.

The sweetest strains in this great oratorio are the tributes of women
voicing their love and gratitude. They come from those in all the walks
of life, and a distinguishing feature is that they who have known her
longest and best are most loyal and devoted. The secret of this is
perfectly expressed by May Wright Sewall, when she says:

Mortals with all their consciousness of their own infirmities are
exacting of one another. It is a proof of the infinite
possibilities involved in the human soul, and a foundation for the
infinite hope which sustains us, that we are satisfied with nothing
less than perfection in other people. Is a woman great? To please
us she must be also good. Is a woman both great and good? We are
not satisfied unless she be likewise loving and lovable. No one can
come near to the life of Miss Anthony without realizing how
responsive she is to personal needs; how lively in her sympathies;
how instinctive her outreaching of the helping hand. The same
fidelity and single-minded loyalty which have characterized her
public career, distinguish her in all private relations. Others may
forget us in our griefs, she never forgets. Others may forget us in
our pleasures, she never forgets.

It is indeed true that Miss Anthony never forgets. In her letters to
hundreds of people, she recollects always to send a message to the
different members of the family, to refer to some agreeable incident of
their acquaintance, and to express either pleasure or regret over
personal affairs which any one else would have failed to remember amidst
such a pressure of work and responsibility.

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