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VASSAL FEMALE COIXEGE. 405
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this sisterhood of States ; for if tliere be any one feature tliat particularly distinguishes our American civilization in the view form of
tion influenc the world and e , development has it is been the recognised influence of American of by cultivated all character careful womanhood observers . The power both in the at of home this a-
and abroad . " It has attracted the attention of tourists , philosophers , historians , and
and writers of every class . The most truthful , touching , sincere eulogium that was ever uttered by an English author as a
tribute of honor to this country , came from the pen of an eminent prelate C Missionaries alcutta , , Bishop ) when whom Wilson he declared he , had ( the that had successor the occasion American of to the observe c women elebrate in , the d Asia Heb wives er for at of a
_course of years , realized his best conceptions of cultivated Christian womanhood , of gentleness and refinement of manners , combined
with the highest qualities of heroic excellence . " This spontaneous tribute to the character of American women
in our own age is in happy keeping with the most trusted testimonials of the past , in regard to the influence of that army of
nobleminded women who had a conspicuous part to act in the training of this nation during the stormy days of its infancy , and thus , in
p shap close ithil ing y of expressed the our revolutionary national by one destiny of war the , — officers when a mig of hty as the Mr moral French . Custis force army , says that , at at was the a
farewell entertainment given to , them in , Virginia , after having paid their respects to the Mother of Washington , he exclaimed , as she
retired from the assembly-room , leaning on the arm of her son : 6 No wonder that America has had such a leader , since he has
had such a Mother !' " Those were times , Mr . Chairman , that subjected womanly
character to the most searching ordeals , and developed all its latent ies . The menwho were engrossed by the demands of public
energ affairswere obliged , to leave the education of their sons almost entirel , y to the mother at home . A fine exemplification of this is
furnished in the letters of President Adams to his wife , in regard to their domestic concerns , and especially the education of their
son , John Q , uincey Adams , whose name now shines as a brilliant star in the firmament of American history . The letters of Mrs .
Adams to her son prove her high qualifications for the discharge of her sacred trust ; and the long arduous life-work of that eminent
nian is to be regarded , in part , ' as her own cherished legacy to the land that she lovedand to the generation which is now in the
prime of its manly , power , as well as to that which has already passed away .
" And here I am naturally led to remark that the sentiment which has just now been expressed in the written statement that Mr .
Vassar has presented to us , is fully verified by all the teachings of
our national history . He speaks of the necessity of providing such ,
Vassal Female Coixege. 405
_VASSAL FEMALE _COIXEGE . 405
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Aug. 1, 1862, page 405, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01081862/page/45/
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