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ETJGOSNIE DE GUERIN. 101
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hav chaos e this of sleep genius : but in my tlius head nmcli . When remains I think with me how feel , and in thou him all hast becomes to-day lived I
intim with him ate . , rece Oh ived ! how his he lessons ies , the me interest ! how I think I of his salvation ! how I for himhow occup I regret his glory ! his saint-like glory !
Sometimes pray it comes , into my mind to write to him anonymously , to make him hear the mysterious voice of supplications and tears .
Foll some The y , of audaci J our ournal extracts ty of on Eugenie my is part , de & remarkable c . Guerin "—( p . , 182 from . Written . ) which onl we y for have Maurice made very
—written in an intimacy , greater than that of letters—which she from says some all t but imes him see the and lig ht , l mi h ht ides the up surviving these sacred sister volumes long g
hesi these tate words and shrink " Ceci , from n ' est breaking our throug le ubl h the : dest reserve de Vintime implied : de ano Vdme ther 9— — c _' es if t p ever our a tin human . " I f heart ever p could human stand p such heart a test laid exhibi bare tin t g
few traces , of weaknessnot one of meanness , jealousy , , littleness , t a greeable f certainl ; i y t w is as the th e inciden easy record , to ts par her she excellence to write to rela . as It t to i a they s fountain also are told ten to flow with very ,
infinite ew as are often with gentle playfulness . , It is much to be regretted entirely grace on that the , so one few subj of ect her of lett l Maurice f ers tl are d ' t s published works differen . , t One and would those f like almost she to
wr had one com it ing of many u the p t o friends corres h the er once de pondents t of ails e her xc of lai brother her and ms , lived i " Oh incline o much ! if I to upon were the letters you idea p / " . that sons Maurice More , she than had in which Maurice
from , nature received greater gifts than those with position was superior endowed , ori or ginalit ac . q We ui y remen , cannot the t vital , or agree freshness comp in anions this of hi : Maurice p no , difference can ' s accoun thoug in t hts f sex or with , the or
out the supposition of a mind of greater original power . She indeed are sim writes ple , poetical with perfect , and care graceful —her , st but yle o there f mind are and passages composition in
Maurice ' s prose which we have rarely seen equalled , never surpassed Much . has disappeared of the private Journal : many whole
portions at the period are lost when and her some reli are ious wisel anxieties y suppressed for , her as , without brother doubt were ,
g mos sions t . Thi ply s occurred ited , there after was his return a danger to Paris of excess which in event her did expres not - , did
immediately follow the breaking up of La Ch _^ naie , for he ( as munit we have y , and before also mentioned he passed ) attempt some months to join ( the an happ other iest relig perhaps ious com in - and his
his charming whole wife life ) and with little his daug friend hter H , ypp in olite the Val de de Morvonnais l'Arguenon , , some-
Etjgosnie De Guerin. 101
_ETJGOSNIE DE GUERIN . 101
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1863, page 101, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041863/page/29/
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