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BIANCA MILESI MOJON. 87
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About This Time Madame Mojon Lost Her Mo...
the altogether things child which stays an I licmr ke in ep my and on room a hand half , and ; for th amuses en him conies . I himself lun cannot cheon with yet ; after keep rational lun the cheon pla two y-
boys making movement together him s are , cry there so . About is roug such h two that a difference o he 'clock cannot in we their go touch out age Enrico , together dine and Benito without , tak and 's
patter advantage throug of these h the walks mud to of visit Paris such till persons & ve , when as have we a respect . I for e the dirt I collectbecause I encounter it for my child ' s benefit .
On Mondays and , Fridays , when I receive , Mojon undertakes to give Benito his walk . The last few days I have sent Benito whether alone he ,
let woul to carry him d be set a afraid note offbut of to the I Madame sent carriages a servant or . the to I asked follow crowd him him ; he first at said a , distance 'No , ' and for I
it is a serious , matter for a child of six years old to find himself , d alone ence , , in and the a streets feeling of " of Paris responsibilit , but I wish y . to You give see him I do courage not dinner choose ,
pruwhat I go back I like to ; the but children only what ' s room I think . best Ropes for are my suspended son . After from the , cises beam : , and he then parallel looks bars over attached the , with avings which from B the enit Penny o performs Magazine exer- :
and at half-past eight I put him engr to bed . It is not until then that I feel While free thi , and s devoted can go mother into comp was any thus . " doing everything to develop
the minds and bodies of her children , the question of their religious become education infected greatly with perplexed the scep her tical . Bianca philosop Milesi hy of had the earl eig y ht in e other enth life
remarkable century . She women showed of her the generation influences in which different beset parts m of any Europe . Madame Swetchine in RussiaMrs . Schimmelpenninck in England ,
have both describedautobiograp , hically , their early unbelief and subsequent conversion , to' different the forms of hear ardent t of Christian Bianca faith .
The Since same her process nature had took place anded in in conj loving ugal and maternal relations Mojon , . exp her little childshe felt her need of
and above allsince the death of , faith return . , She addressed herself on this subject to Manzoni , Sismondiand other friendswho all aided in her conversion . She
of finall the y joined congregation , the French of the Protestant , eminent Church and eloquent , and becam M . Coquerel e a her member of
Paristo whom she confided the religious education of sons . Her vital letters , the and mainspring her daily life of her from feelings this time and actions show that . M her . Souvestre religion
was g " ives Histori a c long ; al Observ and ations enlightened addressed essay to by Children Madame of Mojon the Nineteenth , entitled
the Century , " in ents which they she would meets be with sure candor to hear , and from answers modern with scep abilit tics y . ,
In a argum letter dated 1889 she speaks of the tranquillity and content she
derives from her new faith . Yet her energy , " her fever of good-
Bianca Milesi Mojon. 87
_BIANCA MILESI MOJON . 87
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1861, page 87, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041861/page/15/
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