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C ivilization she holds to be chiefly the creature o f environm ent, the basis o f w hich , in th is world, is in clim ate and soil. In support o f her view o f the jiosi- tion o f wom an she quotes largely from Sir H enry M aine, snow ing am ong oth er L u n gs th at the position o f wom an in Bom an law and usage, before the in tro­duction o f C hristianity, w as in advance o f w hat it is even now in som e respects, and th at th e tendency o f th e canon (church) law was invariably to force her back in to th e degradation from w hich she had been rescued by a lo n g a n d pain fu l evolu tion .

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