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MOTHERHOOD

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MOTHERHOOD
AND THE
RELATIONSHIPS OF THE SEXES

BY
C. GASQUOINE HARTLEY

Author of “The Truth About Women,” “The Age of Mother-Power,” etc.

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1917

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Copyright, 1917, by
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.

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Dedication

TO LESLIE

In writing at last this book on Motherhood, which for somany years has had a place in my thoughts, one truth hasforced itself upon me; the predominant position of Womanin her natural relation to the race. The mother is the mainstream of the racial life. All the hope of the future restsupon this faith in motherhood.

To whom, then, but to you, my son, can I dedicate my book?You came to me when I was still seeking out a way in thefutility of Individual ends; you reconciled my warring motivesand desires; you brought me a new guiding principle. Youtaught me that the Individual Life is but as a bubble orcluster of foam on the great tide of humanity. I knew thatthe redemption of Woman rests in the growing knowledge andconsciousness of her responsibility to the race.

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