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140 OPEN COUNCIL.
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XXIL—OPEN COUNCIL.
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To the Editors of the English Woman 1 s ...
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Port Hoyal France . A Contribution . By ...
even of his own relations ,, looked upon tlie change as the result of youthful enthusiasm , which would soon pass away advised . him His to uncle enter
the Henri Church Arnauld and , afterwards to strive after Bishop the of rewards Augers— which she offers to a laudable ambition , But his intentions were at once more fixed and
. He more wrote self-deny a letter ing th to an the friends Chancellor or indiffer , thanking ent critics him could for his believe past .
impress protection both he declared upon , another his his heretical fixed to his resolution op father inions , in not and th . e to irregular hop exch e ange of habits making the , legal and some for in
the ecclesiastical careerbut to devote the remnant of his days to , solitary The account prayer and of Pascal repentance ' s life . is one of tlie most interesting in the
book It , is but difficult too long to leave for more the book than with a passing such names comment as Arnauld . , Francis
unmentioned de sible Sales and , St therefore . ; Cy but ran , a we Sin general g have liu de abstract done _Sagi what , Racin of we such e , could Boi a l history eau in , and giving is Hamon impos here
and , there an instance to illustrate the spirit by which those connected with Port Royal were actuated , and in which some the slight author measure has
to express our delight with the manner fulfilled his task . In a clear and hic stleand witha perfect knowledge of
grapy , , his endowed subject with , he powerful has placed intellects before and us groups warm loving of men nearts and ; women who ,
and closel social y allied events with of the the fortunes so of interest Port Royal usthat and we with are the drawn political on
age , , irresistibly to the downfall of the convent—the last act of all . How wide has been the influence of these characters . Even now ,
nearly two hundred years afterwards , the spirit which was in La women Mere Angeli With que such will an we are sur le e before be felt tls by we many ht of to our country boldl - ouggo y
to work . , not perhaps in the examp same way , but each in our own sphere selves endeavorin Mr g humbl Beard y we to do are good sure to will others be , well while content perfecting with our the
reward . of his . labors , if he finds—even , in the smallest degree—that his book has influenced others to follow the noble example of his
heroine .
140 Open Council.
140 OPEN COUNCIL .
Xxil—Open Council.
XXIL—OPEN COUNCIL . ( As these pages themselve are intended s responsible for general for the discussion opinions , expressed the Editors . ) do not hold
To The Editors Of The English Woman 1 S ...
To the Editors of the English Woman 1 s Journal . Ladies
lett Will in you kindl , last y allow number me ? a little Referring space for to a the few stud words relative of " hysiology to S . E . M and . ' s
intellec diag er nos , t is would , your " she be say a , relief " How from many lire are weariness there to as whom well as y such a source an p app of joy lication fulnse - at small ?
_fujness ! Why could not classes be formed for these , studies a expense "
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1861, page 140, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041861/page/68/
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