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[s] 9.6 [Brethren and Friends,] 
But when she assumes the place and tone of a man as a public reformer, our care and protection of her seem unnecessary, we put ourselves in self defence against her, she yields the power which God has given her for protection, and her character becomes unnatural.
Pastoral Letter of the General Association of Congregational Ministers, Massachusetts, 1837
Brethren and Friends,