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244 MARIA BOCCI LA MOINETTEi
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"The Seed Has The Li Risen Ttle Seed And...
of _tlie valley , present a striking exemplification of the divine truth , that the princile of good once sown is not destined to be dormant ,
but like the grain p of mustard-seed will extend and develope itself in an ever-increasing sphere of usefulness . " The smallest of all
seeds , it grew and waxed a great tree , shooting out great branches , so that the birds of the air may lodge under the shadow of it . "
The applicability of this exquisitely beautiful parable to the lowly beginnings of instruction she struggled to impart under the trees of
the valley , with the vast dissemination of knowledge—scientific knowledge—the high standard of morals , and personal aggrandizement
of the inhabitants , is very remarkable . She was a true Sister of Mercythough belonging to no chartered corporation ; the Florence
, Nightingale , the Elizabeth Fry , the Caroline Chisholm of a by-gone age ; the age and the scene were different , the spirit the same .
Of Maria Bocci it can truthfully be recorded , that in her generation she " did what she could , " and her example may yet prove , even
at this epoch , and in this country , a beacon light to guide others ,, — Take patiencelaborto " That their others heart and may hand
And From Grod her ' s hand grace , , and fructif , her y heart throug , h and her her to brave all . " , cheer : Maria Bocci ' s position and province were peculiar to her times
and her nation . The struggle it must have been to her to quit the calm retreat , where , in scholarly refinement , she had passed her life ;
to mingle with the meanest , poorest , and vulgarest of these miserable villagers ; to divide with them the scanty meal of coarse food ; to fling
her weary limbs and aching head , after a day of mental and bodily toil , on a bed of dried leaves , amid the din of children and cattle ,
frequently housed under the same roof in Alpine districts ;—are trials to this very time to which no English lady can be exposed , but
all who endeavor to teach the ignorant , soothe the wretched , minister to the necessities of their less favored fellow-creatures , are
treading the path she trod , not so painful , not so perilous a one as she found itbut still demanding a high degree of firm self-resolution ,
self-reliance , , and generous self-abnegation , which constitutes them her sisters in feeling , in principle , and in practice . To such the
author of this slight tribute to the memory of Maria Bocci would say Whatever in love— thstationwhatever thmeanshowever humble both y
may be , thy tim y e and thy , conduct are thine , own ; so employ the oneand so govern the otherthat of thee it may be said , as in
days , of old , See how these Christians , love and succour each other !
See how the example of her Lord and Master shows forth in her !
244 Maria Bocci La Moinettei
244 MARIA BOCCI LA _MOINETTEi
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1859, page 244, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061859/page/28/
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