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    MADAME LUCE, OF ALGIERS. 165

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    A Short Account Of The Life And Labors O...

    Administration was to meet . On the' day previous , Madame Allix sent in a long ort to Comte GuyotD'irecteur de VInierieura man

    rep , , path high y in with office her , who enterprise had always . We felt and give shown this great report personal at length sym ; it

    describes with a touching mixture of pride and pathos the _hoj ) es which * she had entertained , the struggles which she had undergone ,

    in pursuit of her idea . HEST REPORT , ADDRESSED TO M . US COMTE GTJYOT _, DIRECTEUR

    DE l / _rSTTERIEUR . DECEMBER 29 TH , 1845 . _Monsieur : le Comte ,

    When , about Rve months ago , I had the honor to communicate to for the first time my project of opening a Moorish schoolI

    you , possessed none of the pecuniary resources necessary for carrying * this lan into execution ; and I counted for assistance on your

    good p will , and on the support of the Administration of which you are the chief . Having since then acquired some private means , I

    thought it my duty to attempt , on my own responsibiKty , a scheme which success alone could render permanent . I considered this

    even more desirable , because the delays of Government would have indefinitely retarded realizationand perhaps so far have discouraged

    me as to have damped my good , intentions for ever . Now , when accomplished facts have justified my _expectations , I

    take the liberty of making known to you the new state of affairs which has resulted , in order that the sacrifices which I have made

    up to the present date may not be entirely lost to my family , and that the Administration may take those measures which are

    necessary for the permanent establishment of the work . At the point at which matters are now arrived , I absolutely

    cannot go on without the help of Government . The charges which I have hitherto defrayed have exhausted all my resources ; those

    which the present requires , and those which I foresee in the future , are beypnd my private means . It does not now concern a few

    pupils gathered together against the will of their relations , in order that they may receive a few notions of European education ; it

    concerns from two to _B . ve hundred young girls , nocking * from every corner of Aliersand from every part of the regencyas if by

    cong , , tagious impulsion , and also that I am obliged to receive all comers without hesitationunder pain of losing in one day the fruits of my

    , experiments and my devotion . Face to face with such a situation of affairs , the Government

    cannot hesitate . To be or not to be , this is the problem laid down . If they do not immediately come to my assistanceI see myself

    , obliged to renounce my work , with the bitter regret of having uselesslsacrificed both _nvy own well-being and an earnest ambition . If ,

    y on the contrary , a benevolent hand , —if yours , M . le Corate _, —brings me that energetic assistance which I require , Algeria will become

    from this date a unique creation , worthy of your reputation , worthy

    Madame Luce, Of Algiers. 165

    MADAME LUCE , OF ALGIERS . 165

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1861, page 165, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051861/page/21/