Quote by: John Boyle O'Reilly

The success of the suffrage movement would injure women spiritually and intellectually, for they would be assuming a burden though they knew themselves unable to bear it. It is the sediment, not the wave, of a sex. It is the antithesis of that highest and sweetest mystery - conviction by submission, and conquest by sacrifice.


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Author Bio


  • NameJohn Boyle O'Reilly
  • DescriptionIrish-born poet and novelist
  • BornJune 28, 1844
  • DiedAugust 10, 1890
  • CountryIreland
  • ProfessionWriter