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Not a Natural Right.
It is hard to define just what a "natural right" is. Dr. James
Freeman Clarke said: "If all women were forbidden to use the
sidewalk, and they complained of the injustice, it would be no answer
to tell them that it was not natural or inherent right, but one
given by society, and which society might therefore control as it saw
fit. A great many rights are given by society, of which, however, it
would be manifestly unjust to deprive either sex."
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