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Title: The world's opportunities and how to use them
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Guernsey, Alfred H. (Alfred Hudson), 1824-1902
Subjects: Industries
Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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versally concededto be eminently satisfactory. If the positions of which we speakwere subject to what has been our baneful custom, by which itis held that the patronage of offices belongs to the politicianswho happen to be in power, and that the bestowal of them is tobe a reward for services rendered to the party by friends ofthe applicants, we should certainly do all in our power to dis-suade women from seeking such employment. But if the aimswhich the Civil Service Commission professes to have in viewshall be fairly realized, we consider that this occupation is onealtogether womanly, and the principle embodied in it mightbe extended to many more positions in State and municipalgovernments. There are, indeed, numerous positions in the public servicefrom which women are naturally excluded by reason of theirsex. No one would advocate that a woman should be Presidentof the United States or Governor of a State, Secretary of Waror of the Navy, a General in the Army or Admiral in the Navy,
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SOME ART CONNOISSEURS.See Note 38.

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