Woman in the Nineteenth Century

r. The present volume contains, not only her "Woman in the Nineteenth Century,"-which has been before published, but for some years out of print, and inaccessible to readers

is volume, in order to present a complete and harmonious view of her thoughts on this important theme. I have preferred to publish them without altera

referred, as in respect to every other reform, to act independently and to speak independently from her own stand-point, and never to merge her individuality in any existing organization. This she did, not as condemning such organizations, nor yet as judging them wholly unwise or uncalled for, but because she believed she could herself accomplish more for their true and high objects, unfettered by such organizatio

ho have never read her "Memoirs," recently published, or have never known her in personal life. This seemed the more desirable, because the strictest verity in speaking of her must seem, to such as knew he

s sometimes so, nor can such neglect be too severely reprehended; yet this is by no means a necessary result. Some of the most devoted mothers the world has ever known, and whose homes were the abode of every domestic virtue, the

f character, and the duties of life; and that among these latter she gave due place to the humblest which serve to make home attractive and happy. It is but simple justice for me to bear, in conjunction with many others, my tribute to her domest

f the truest counsellors in a sister who scorned not the youngest mind nor the simplest intellectual wants i

direct them to all things noble and holy; over ready to watch while I slept, and to perform every gentle and kindly office. But her care of the sick-that she did not neglect, but was eminent in that sphere of womanly duty, even when no tie of kindred claimed this of her, Mr. Cass's letter abundantly shows; an

ed that nothing which exhibits a true woman, especially in her relations to others as friend, sister, daughter, wife, or mother, can fail to interest and be of value to her sex, indeed to all who are interested in human welfare and a

ion to her should. Those who knew her personally feel that no words ever flowed from her pen equalling the eloquent utterances of her lips; yet

ret Ossoli was preeminently a Christian. If a life of constant self-sacrifice,-if devotion to the welfare of kindred and the race,-if conformity to what she believed God's law, so that her life seemed ever the truest form of prayer, active obedience to the Deity,-in fine, if carrying Christianity into all the departments of action, so far as human infirmity allows,-if these be the proofs of a Christian, then whoever has read her "Memoirs" thoughtfully, and without sectarian prejudice or the use of sectarian standards of judgment, must feel her to have been a Christian. But not alone in outward life, in mind and heart, too, was she a Christian. The being brought into frequent and intimate contact with religious persons has been one of the chief privileges of my vocation, but never yet have I met with any person whose reverence for holy things was deeper than hers. Abhorring, as all honest minds must, every species of cant, she respected true religious thought and feeling, by whomsoever cherished. God seemed nearer to her than to any person I have over known. In the influences of His Holy Spirit upon the heart she fully believed, and in experience realized them. Jesus, the friend of man, can never have been mo

w, as explaining any inaccuracy of expression or repetition of thought, should such occur in its pages. Nor will it be deemed surprising, if, in papers written by so p

volume, containing a republication of "Summer on the Lak

forded by Mr. Greeley, of the New York Tribune, who has been earnest i

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