in sober earnest造句

• In Massachusetts, the " Lowell Courier " published its opinion that, with women's equality, " the lords must wash the dishes, scour up, be put to the tub, handle the broom, darn stockings . " In St . Louis, Missouri, the " Daily Reveille " trumpeted that " the flag of independence has been hoisted for the second time on this side of the Atlantic . " Horace Greeley in the " New York Tribune " wrote " When a sincere republican is asked to say in sober earnest what adequate reason he can give, for refusing the demand of women to an equal participation with men in political rights, he must answer, None at all.