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[Aug. 1857]

Dear Susan,
I did indeed see by the papers that you had once more stirred that pool of intellectual stagnation the educational convention What an infernal set of fools those school-marms must be!! Well if in order to please men they wish to live on air let them The sooner the present generation of women die out the better. We have jackasses enough in the world now without such women propagating any more,
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The Times was really quite complimentary Henry amused me very much, he brought every notice he could see about you. Well my dear, he would say another notice of Susan. “You stir up Susan and she stirs the world” I was glad you went to torment those devils. I guess they will begin to think their time has come. I glory in your perseverance. Oh! Susan I will do anything to help you on. If I do nothing else this fall I am bound to help you get up an antislavery
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address. I will write a letter to the convention of course. This month my friends all visit me after they depart I will give you notice then you must come here a week or two and we will do wonders. Courage Susan this is my last baby and she will be two years old in January. Two years more of [...] time will tell what. - x you and I have a prospect of a good long life we shall not be in our prime before fifty and after that we shall be good for twenty years at least
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and if we do not make old Davies shake in his boots or turn in his grave I am mistaken x - I wish I knew what was in that letter that I wrote to Lucy for the last convention. I do not know what the subject was.
Write soon and often
good night yours as ever
E. Cady Stanton
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E.C. Stanton
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Stanton 1.1
(Aug. 1857)

Dear Susan
I did indeed see by the papers that you had once more stirred that pool of intellectual stagnation the educational convention. What an infernal set of fools those school-marms must be!! Well if in order to please men they wish to live on air let them The sooner the present generation of women die out the better. We have jackasses enough in the world now without such women propagating any more,
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The Times was really quite complimentary. Henry amused me very much. He brought every notice he could see about you. Well my dear he would say another notice of Susan. “You stir up Susan & she stirs the world” I was glad you went to torment those devils. I guess they will begin to think their time has come. I glory in your perseverance. Oh! Susan I will do anything to help you on. If I do nothing else this fall I am bound to help you get up an antislavery address. I will write a letter to the convention of course. This month my friends all visit me after they depart I will give you notice then you must come here a week or two & we will do wonders. Courage Susan this is my last baby & she will be two years old in January. Two more of & & & time will tell what. - x You & I have a prospect of a good long life we shall not be in our prime before
fifty & after that we shall be good for twenty years at least & if we do not make old Davies shake in his boots or turn in his grave I am mistaken - I wish I knew what was in that letter that I wrote to Lucy for the last convention. I do not know what the subject was.
Write soon & often good night Yours
As ever
E. Cady Stanton