Mrs. Jameson appears to be growing more and more desperately modest, if we may judge from the motto:
“What if the little rain should say, ‘So small a drop as I Can ne’er refresh the thirsty plain,— I’ll tarry in … Read the rest
Mrs. Jameson appears to be growing more and more desperately modest, if we may judge from the motto:
“What if the little rain should say, ‘So small a drop as I Can ne’er refresh the thirsty plain,— I’ll tarry in … Read the rest
[Footnote: It need not be said, probably, that Margaret Fuller did not think the fact that books of travel by women have generally been piquant and lively rather than discriminating and instructive, a result of their nature, and therefore unavoidable; … Read the rest
No other nation can hope to vie with the French in the talent of communicating information with ease, vivacity and consciousness. They must always be the best narrators and the best interpreters, so far as presenting a clear statement of … Read the rest
TO HER BROTHER, R.
Florence, Jan. 8, 1850.
My Dear R.: * * * * The way in which you speak of my marriage is such as I expected from you. Now that we have once exchanged words on these … Read the rest
“Al Cittadino Reppresentante del Popolo Romano.”
Rome, March 8, 1849.
Dear Mazzini: Though knowing you occupied by the most important affairs, I again feel impelled to write a few lines. What emboldens me is the persuasion that the best friends, … Read the rest
Mr. Keats, Emma’s father, is dead. To me this brings unusual sorrow, though I have never yet seen him; but I thought of him as one of the very few persons known to me by reputation, whose acquaintance might enrich … Read the rest
“I will not leave you comfortless.” O, Friend divine! this promise dear Falls sweetly on the weary ear! Often, in hours of sickening pain, It soothes me to thy rest again. Might I a true disciple be, Following thy footsteps … Read the rest
[The following extract from Margaret’s Journal will be read with a degree of melancholy interest when connected with the eventful end of her eventful life. It was written many years before her journey to Europe, and rings in our ears … Read the rest
Had Christendom but been true to its standard, while accommodating its modes of operation to the calls of successive times, Woman would now have not only equal power with Man,—for of that omnipotent nature will never suffer her to be … Read the rest
In one of the eloquent passages quoted in the “Tribune” of Wednesday, under the head, “Spirit of the Irish Press,” we find these words:
“Domestic love, almost morbid from external suffering, prevents him (the Irishman) from becoming a fanatic and … Read the rest