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"Lo, strength is of the plain root virtues born: Strength shall ye gain by service, prove in scorn, Train by endurance, by devotion shape. It is the offspring of the modest years."
Those who have had patience to go with me so far, in gathering illustrations of the conditions under which women worked in factories down to the eve of the War, and who agree with my conclusions as to the spirit and character of the women themselves, will perhaps follow on with me in applying the words of George Meredith to their achievements in the years from 1914 to the close of 1918.