SAT历史文献重点词汇：1848情感宣言

　　sentiment

　　a personal belief or judgment

　　He has created a false public sentiment by giving to the world a different code of morals for men and women, by which moral delinquencies which exclude women from society are not only tolerated but deemed of little account in man.

　　prerogative

　　a right reserved exclusively by a person or group

　　He has usurped the prerogative of Jehovah himself, claiming it as his right to assign for her a sphere of action, when that belongs to her conscience and to her God.

　　aggrieve

　　infringe on the rights of

　　Now, in view of this entire disfranchisement of one-half the people of this country, their social and religious degradation, in view of the unjust laws above mentioned, and because women do feel themselves aggrieved, oppressed, and fraudulently deprived of their most sacred rights, we insist that they have immediate admission to all the rights and privileges which belong to them as citizens of the United States.

　　anticipate

　　regard something as probable or likely

　　In entering upon the great work before us, we anticipate no small amount of misconception, misrepresentation, and ridicule; but we shall use every instrumentality within our power to effect our object.

　　endeavor

　　attempt by employing effort

　　We shall employ agents, circulate tracts, petition the state and national legislatures, and endeavor to enlist the pulpit and the press in our behalf.

　　coeval

　　of the same period

　　Whereas, the great precept of nature is conceded to be that "man shall pursue his own true and substantial happiness," Blackstone in his Commentaries remarks that this law of nature, being coeval with mankind and dictated by God himself, is, of course, superior in obligation to any other.

　　precept

　　a doctrine that is taught

　　Resolved, That such laws as conflict, in any way, with the true and substantial happiness of woman, are contrary to the great precept of nature and of no validity, for this is "superior in obligation to any other."

　　conscience

　　motivation deriving from ethical or moral principles

　　Resolved, that all laws which prevent woman from occupying such a station in society as her conscience shall dictate, or which place her in a position inferior to that of man, are contrary to the great precept of nature and therefore of no force or authority.

　　assert

　　declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

　　Resolved, that the women of this country ought to be enlightened in regard to the laws under which they live, that they may no longer publish their degradation by declaring themselves satisfied with their present position, nor their ignorance, by asserting that they have all the rights they want.

　　transgression

　　the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle

　　Resolved, that the same amount of virtue, delicacy, and refinement of behavior that is required of woman in the social state also be required of man, and the same transgressions should be visited with equal severity on both man and woman.

　　impropriety

　　a wrong or indecent act

　　Resolved, that the objection of indelicacy and impropriety, which is so often brought against woman when she addresses a public audience, comes with a very ill grace from those who encourage, by their attendance, her appearance on the stage, in the concert, or in feats of the circus.

　　circumscribe

　　restrict or confine

　　Resolved, that woman has too long rested satisfied in the circumscribed limits which corrupt customs and a perverted application of the Scriptures have marked out for her, and that it is time she should move in the enlarged sphere which her great Creator has assigned her.

　　capability

　　the quality of being able to do something

　　Resolved, that the equality of human rights results necessarily from the fact of the identity of the race in capabilities and responsibilities.

　　zealous

　　marked by active interest and enthusiasm

　　Resolved, that the speedy success of our cause depends upon the zealous and untiring efforts of both men and women for the overthrow of the monopoly of the pulpit, and for the securing to woman an equal participation with men in the various trades, professions, and commerce.

　　righteous

　　morally justified

　　it is demonstrably the right and duty of woman, equally with man, to promote every righteous cause by every righteous means

　　adverse

　　in an opposing direction

　　and this being a self-evident truth growing out of the divinely implanted principles of human nature, any custom or authority adverse to it, whether modern or wearing the hoary sanction of antiquity, is to be regarded as a self-evident falsehood, and at war with mankind.

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