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310 RAHEL.
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Letters Of Rahel, 3 Vols. 8vo, 1834; And...
" September 16 th . 66 I cannot write muchbut I know you will be satisfied to learn
how I live . The battle , of Dresden has brought us numbers of wounded . Last week these poor sufferers lay crowded upon chariots shall
in the narrow streets unsheltered from the pouring rain . I never forget The that inhabitants spectacle . did Government their best . had One not lad counted dressed upon two so y
many hundred . wounds in one day ; the impossible was realised in the "way of succour , and yet the suffering seemed endless . I have of established all classes
a little officeseveral friends send inoney , and women are at hand , to carry out my commands . * * * May God protect us and all sufferers ! If your thoughts dwell with me , think
that I care , pray , and hope for you . " " October 4 th .
" Your letter relieved me from the greatest anxiety , and I knelt down " Our to thank benevolent God that establish you m are ent alive is gre . atly improved . I get ample
visions supplies of All money Prussians , and am l very to me busy and in I am buy expected ing cloth to and find pro out - appy
the I succeed sons . , cousins but often , or nei it g is hbours impossible of , every . All countryman are full . of Sometimes hopes for
extraordinary victory . , I still deed entertain . I am fear very , and active fancy that and Napoleon busy . Our plans friend some ' s
( Bartholdy ' s ) florins are for the Prussians , the rest goes in equal shares . I have a plan to appeal to all the women of Europe never sufferers ith
to take any share in warfare , but to assist all wequal love and meekness . Then our hearts might enjoy at least a certain amount of during warbeing assured that our friends would
meet with peace kindness and attention , everywhere . My heart throbs at the sight of our suffering enemies , they also have mothers who
weep for them . " " October 10 th .
" Napoleon offered peace to the Emperor of Austria , which happ several ily was parts not of accepted the city . I I am have glad established to render cookeries myself , useful and am . In in
connection countrymen accounts , correspondence with seek my physicians council , and , assistance and discussions commissaries , and claim consolation . all l The my their , and time necessary thoug wants . M h y
I I write am a this nobod to y , God because has I know enabled it me ives to supp leasure y to hear all . iriconcerns . The you convalescents all come g to you see p me . I afford them y le
consolation as far as it is in my power , and sometimes my simp words of joy . _haye I have lighted had up fever the for countenance six days , but of the the sufferers office was with estab a lished beam l
my to by your nay breast bed letter . -side I , dear have and friend I entire had ? no confidence Every rest . word * in * of you yours * , and What finds you shall an alone echo I rep have in y
always been true to me . Moreover where age seems to part us ,
310 Rahel.
310 RAHEL .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1859, page 310, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071859/page/22/
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