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a woman's pen. 253
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40o The Chester And Hereford Railway Pas...
as self-education goes , tlie husband of a woman my superior in oriinal positionthe father of seven such sons as any father might
be g proud of , the , employer of five thousand men , and one of the richest iron masters in the world . I do not speak of these things
from pride or exultation , only that you may measure the value of your A -work little , for of the which old , ma fire d flashes am , I thank to the you still from lustrous my soul eyes . , " a little of
the old enthusiasm quickens the pulsations you can see , the words ¦ which come to her lips have all the energy of younger days .
" I had always a taste for the abstract , Mr . Egerton , and could never build up from any other foundation . This deductive faculty ,
if I may so call it , is an essential characteristic , of woman ' s intellectand the more she is in the truest sense educatedthe more will
there , be a production of effects of a very high order , . Hitherto this faculthas ht its effects in a manneras it were unseen ,
but the time y is coming wroug when science and imagination , will coalesce and work harmoniously ; and woman ' s peculiar faculty be
recognised as one of intrinsic value in furthering the loftiest purposes of human advancement . I knew full well , and instinct as well as
thought were my teachers , that the noblest minds might labor to record the hihest and latest discovered formulas of truth ; but were
g there no interpretation of these to the large majority of more common understandingswere there no vitalizationif I may so
speak , of the concrete , in , order to make recipience possible , amongst those who think but little for themselves , but who have yet
willinglabour ness to act would if method remain be comparativel given , the y greatest inoperative effects . I of therefore intellectual
followed out my own ideas of interpretation , and if I effected good , I learn " Having the result done with this the and sinc so er much est pleasure more . " " he sayslowering his
every voice and wrinkle so bending which time , his face and towards sorrow have her , once stamped handsome there , , is one p , lainl that y
visible He is , " going I am to surprised say something " quite different to what she imagines ,
but she interrupts him quickly . " You are surprised that I live in an out of the way country Then
village , and earn my subsistence in keeping a little shop . " not staying to let him answer , she turns to the child , and adds " Go
deary , and sit with mamma a little while , and finish your lessons for to-morrow by her candle . " The child obeys with meek
gentleness , and ere she leaves the room , she winds her arm about the aged lady's neck , and as she does so , the stranger is again impressed with the wonderful likeness between them .
" You were going to express surprise , " she says , again recurring or a to p the prosperit lace subj , and e y ct arising surrounde as the child therefrom d by closes so . few the But substantial door I , have " that , marks I I think live of , in either for so a remote fame long
time valued the former at its true worth , and as to the latter , beyond
A Woman's Pen. 253
a woman ' s pen . 253
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1858, page 253, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061858/page/37/
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