ly
desirable, yet a man may be unable to read but may attend political
meetings, talk with his neighbors and form intelligent opinions. He
may be honest and beyond bribery, and a more desirable voter than
many wily and unscrupulous men who have a graduate's diploma. It
is, however, the duty of the State to educate its citizens; and the
Australian ballot, which has been largely adopted, is in itself an
educational qualification.

As to a property qualification: while in the majority of cases,
perhaps, the possession of property is evidence of ability and
thrift, there are many who do not own property and yet are
possessed of good sense and are more capable of casting an honest
and intelligent ballot than some of the wealthy men of the country;
then, too, those who have least are the ones who suffer most from
the legislation of the rich, and need the ballot for
self-protection. I am decidedly opposed to a property
qualification.

To one who was in deep grief she said in an affectionate letter: "Do
assure me that you are beginning to think of your dear one as he was
when well and moving about in his always helpful and cheering manner. To
get far enough from the sickness, the suffering and the death of our
friends, so as to be able to have only the thought of them in their full
vigor of life, is the greatest joy which possibly can come to those who
have lost their beloved."

While Miss Anthony was thus constantly giving out from the vast wealth
of her heart and brain, she was receiving, also, from all parts of the
country the strong and loving tributes of noble souls. A beautiful one
which shines on the pages of 1896 was pronounced by the eloquent Dr. H.
W. Thomas, of Chicago, in the course of a Sunday sermon entitled
"Progressive Greatness," delivered to a large audience assembled in
McVicker's Theater:

A Washington and a Lincoln have come in our great century, and
between their birthdays was born a Susan B. Anthony, whose grand
life has been given to a noble cause; once the target for the cruel
and bitter shafts of ridicule; now deemed the noblest among women.
The task of Washington and Lincoln could not be complete till the
crown was placed on the brow of woman as well as man; and when the
angels shall call Susan B. Anthony to the life immortal, her name,
her memory on earth should and will take i