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[s] 9.3 [Brethren and Friends,] 
The power of woman is in her dependence, flowing from the consciousness of that weakness which God has given her for her protection and which keeps her in those departments of life that form the character of individuals and of the nation.
Pastoral Letter of the General Association of Congregational Ministers, Massachusetts, 1837
Brethren and Friends,