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HARRIET HOSMER. 801
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she set conventionality at defiance , to the character for _courag'e , and skill in the use of _fire-arinswhich attended her .
, Dr . McDowell , charmed with the talent and earnestness of his pupilafforded her every facility in his power , giving * her the
freedom , of the college at all times , and occasionally bestowing upon her a private lecture when she attended to see him prepare
dissections for the public ones . Pleasant and encouraging it is to find men of ability and eminence so willing to help a woman when she
is willing to help herself . The career of this young artist hitherto has been marked by the warm and generous encouragement of
first-rate men , from Professor McDowell to John Gibson , and leasant it is to find the affectionate and grateful _ai 3 preciation of
such p kindness , converting the temporary tie of master and pupil into the permanent one of tried and valued friendship . "I
remember Professor McDowell , " writes Miss Hosmer , " with great affection and gratitude , as being a most thorough and patient
teacher , as well as at all times a good kind friend . " Through the winter and spring of 1851 , in fact , during- the
whole term , Harriet Hosmer prosecuted her studies with unreniitting zeal and attention , and at the close was presented with a
" diploma , " or as we in England should call it , a certificate , testifying her anatomical efficiency . During her stay at St . Louis , and
as a testimony of her gratitude and regard , Miss Hosmer cut , from a bust of Professor McDowell by Clevenger , a medallion in marble ,
life size , which is now in the Museum of the College . It is perhaps worthy of note that Clevenger and Powers both studied anatomy
under this professor . The " diloma" achieved , our young aspirant was bent upon
seeing New p Orleans before returning to her New England home . It was a season of the year not favorable for such travel , and
from one cause or another , she failed in inducing any of her friends to accompany her . To will and to do are synonymous with some ,
and so , Harriet Hosmer having set her mind upon an excursion down the Missisippi to the Crescent City , embarked herself one
fine morning on board a steamer bound for New Orleans . The river was shallow , the navigation difficult , many a boat did our
adventarous traveller pass high and dry ; but fortune , as usual , was with her , and she reached her destination in safety . The
weather was intensely warm , but , nothing daunted , our young friend saw all that was to be seenreturning at night to sleep on board
, the steamer as it lay in its place by the levee , and at the expiration of a weekreturning with it to St . Louis . Arrived there , instead
of rejoining , her friends , she took boat for the Falls of St . Anthony , on the Upper Mississippi , stopping on the way at Duluque to visit
a lead mine , into which she descended by means of a bucket , and came very near an accident which must inevitably have resulted ,
fatally ; a catastrophe , which , as no one knew where she was ,
would probably have remained a secret for ever . At the Falls of
Harriet Hosmer. 801
HARRIET HOSMER . 801
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1858, page 301, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071858/page/13/
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