Excerpt from Laws and Rights of Women in Texas The question now appears to me so complex that I should have re quested further time for preparation; it reminds me of an incident related by Mr. Rollin, the Historian He relates, that the King of Syracuse on a certain occasion, asked the Poet Simonides this question, What is God? The Poet requested a day in which to return his answer; on the morrow when the King sent for the reply, the Poet requested two days more; that being granted the King again sent for the reply, and the Poet requested four days in which to answer, and as often thereafter as the King sent for the answer, as often doubled the time; the King however became impatient, with the delay and sent for the Poet to appear before him and explain, this remarkable conduct; whereupon the Poet appearing before the King, justified, says, that he was forced to ask for such time, because he said the more he contemplated the subject the more obscure it seems. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.