Question

Hester counselled the women who came to her for advice that, "in some brighter period, when the world should have grown ripe for it, in Heaven's own time, a new truth would be revealed, in order to establish the whole relation between man and woman on a surer ground of ________."

Answer 1

The correct answer is "mutual happiness."

Hester foresees a day when men and women might be equal and might live happily together. In this way, she is ahead of her time.