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24 LIFE 0# MAIIGARET FULLER OSSOIX
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The dialogue tone . of There remark was and no question pretension was or simp pedantry le as that in of a word children that in was a school saicL 9
altogether class _"'Margaret ; and , , looked I believe used sumptuousl , to every come one y to . was the She gratified conversations began . them . * very with * w * an ell exordium dressed _^ and , in ,
from which the she elevation gave her of leading the tone views , the ; ease and and those flow exordiums of discourse were , and excellent from the , fulness tact with with which which they they _T _^ ere were kept broug aloof ht from down any , at excess last , , to and a possible from the level grace for - Of
others course , to it follow was not . easy She for niade every a pause one to , and venture invited her the remark others , after to come an eloquent in . discourse , and in the presence of twenty superior women , ' who _vere all
inmeaning spired . But of it whatever with hospitalit was y said , and , Margaret to make the knew speaker how to feel seize glad the , and good not meetings sorry , that and she had imparted spoken . to She the showed susceptible herself a thereb wonderful y fit to reliance preside at on such her
. genius . ' was guidance " In quick her , , and conscious writings beyond of she the power wa sympath _, s , prone in perfe y to of ct sp tune her in her reader with sentences her . But company in without discourse , and a would , sure she
paus irit e , that and turn her face the beamed stream with and g the race and adroit le ness came , and with deli so much hted . sp , , young peopaway g , all among excited other things or in , hi with h animal * her beautiful iritsas looks often . ' happene When d she all was deformity intellectu of
features y was , dissolved g in the power sp of , the expression . So , I interpret this repeated orted beauty story of was sumptuousness simplan eftect of of dress a general , that impression this appearance of magnificence , like her
for made rep I have by her been genius , told , and bher mistakenl y most intimate y attribute friend d to who some knew external every particular elegance ; of her conduct at that , y timethat there was nothing , of special expense or
splendor in her toilette . , known " The to effect many of excellent the winter persons ' s work . was In this happ company iest . Margaret of matrons was and intimatel maids y ,
them many that what li they ; tender fe new had had thoug sp a been irits secret hts have surprised had . They been opened into set coul ; in say the d ferment not ing secret . forget A . of true A life what new refinement was th day ey shown had had had , or heard dawned , begun at , least and for to , htful
work and happy in many , since who the had stead "been y slaves elevation to trifies of Margaret . They went ' s aim home had thoug infused a believe certain , onl unexpected y an expression greatness of of the tone feeling lad into of of the the eminent conversation class , the remark . It was made , I ,
b perhaps y no means at the partial next year to Margaret ' s course , , b and y a who y expressed her powers frank , admiration previously on at all leaving equal the to this house we : — have ' I never now heard heard . ' " read of , or imagined a conversation
The fame of these conversational classes soon spread far and wide , l tha and essons t t Margaret he , to golden -which should report gentlemen undertake given should of her an also t evening alen be ts admitted led class to . of the These four prop classes or osit five ion ,
toowere formed and renewed in the November of each , year , till Margaret , ' s removal to . New York in 184 : 4 . In 1841 the class contained stated from as ' Ethics twenty-five ' particular to thirty top memb ics w ers ere ; the ' Is general the ideal subject first or Is
last ? ' ' Divination ; or Experience ? ' ' Persons who never wake to life in this world ? ' ' Mistakes , ' ' Faith , ' ' Creeds , ' ' Woman etc , '
* _Deemonology , ' ' Influence / < Roman Catholicism / ' Tne Ideal / .
24 Life 0# Maiigaret Fuller Ossoix
24 LIFE 0 _# MAIIGARET FULLER OSSOIX
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1859, page 24, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091859/page/24/
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