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I . AMALIE SIETEKING, 11 w
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^ Amalie Wilheimine Sieyekin© Was Born I...
I I f it is is onl not y in in embroidery doing * onl and but fan in cy one work ' s whole that I being entirel that y fail the . But softness then
y , | ment of womanhood , though it shoul necessitates d display my itself occupy , and ing can 1 myself my chosen with scientific
employmatters on guard , do me and any injury that in I thi may s re be _» spe so ct ; ? but I love feel th love at is I the must great be
means my that can , spread pray the magic of womanhood , over my whole existenceI will love everyone more warmly and deeply than
here-, tofore , and for that my I have love ' s trespassed sake they beyond will forg my ive sp me here if . they That think I shall , as
many may , be accused of a smattering of learning ( for by this term a woman ' s knowledge is usually ridiculed ) I scarcely think , and if my _aiint
should ever need more of my care herself , of course I must then give less to my classes , but at present she reckons the time I spend if it
on these children , and especially on her little grandchild , as were devoted to herself . So far then it is clear to what God has called meand I need onlthat I may fulfil the calling aright . "
, y pray A little later , she wrote in her journal " I must take care that in the ardor of my occupation I never forget the lovingness with which it
should be carried on . Love is much more necessary to children than knowledge . " About this time , too , a free school for twelve
poor children was founded by a circle of ladies to which Malchen belonged , and in which they gave lessons in turn . She took great
interest in this school , but experienced some disappointments also . " I know not what _siiitable punishments to devise" she "wrote ;
, ie alas ! I thought once they would never be necessary . " There were other claims on her time , for her cousin H . had established a little
trade in Dutch wares , "which were always selected and sent to her by Amalie , who also often lent her moneyed assistance . In
lessons nature tlie point ; always her of purse money given was , gratuitousl indeed always , there at y , and the could even command not the be presents of a her more forced friends generous on , her her
by the grateful parents of her pupils , if they were things of value , were ever unwillingly accepted . This "was no false pride though , for when rich friends offered her thing which she really needed ,
she would take as frankly as she any gave ; but the only gifts which really caused her joy , were those which were given her for others ,
or her poor , and when gratitude took this form it was indeed grateful During to the her next . there was some prospect of her betrothal , and
she wrote to H . upon year this subject . " Yet do not be sorry should your hopes not be fulfilled . Should I attain the usual desire of our sex ,
I should thank God for the joy and know how to prize it ; but if not , a single life need not be joyless , and in this case I have already a plan
in my head which promises much enjoyment . Would it not be well ternative that every ? young At least girl I should cannot prep bear are that hers a elf irl in shoul time d think for _sifch of no an other alg
salvation for herself than the earliest possible marriage . " The hope
I . Amalie Sieteking, 11 W
I . AMALIE _SIETEKING , 11 w
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1860, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031860/page/11/
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