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234 BOSA FERRUCCI.
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« Honiliab, As We Have Now Become With, ...
of Jean Paul Richter : — ' When that vHch Is holy in the soul of a inotlier responds to that which is holy in the soul of a sontheir
, souls then hear and understand each other / This thought has made a great impression on ine , and it seems to me that it contains
a magnificent lesson for those mothers who themselves _iindertake the religious education of their sons . It shows us the root of those
close ties which unite us to our relations and friends . And , indeed , why do we love each other with such a true and constant love ?
Because what is sacred in your soul is sacred In mine . Why am I deeply moved when I hear the recital of a grand deed , when I think
of great heroes , and much more of saints and martyrs ? Why do the sacrifices they made with such courage and devotion make me
weep ? Because what is sacred to them Is sacred to me also . Could any one express more in such few words ! Yesman ought
, to nourish the celestial fire which God has lit in his heart . Unhappy is he who lets it languish and die ; he is lost himselfand is
, lost to his brethren also , because he treats unworthily the bond of love which had always united him to them . As the flame ascends
on high " Per la sua forma ch'e nata a salire , '
so our souls naturally tend towards God ; and if they will return to earth there can be for them neither hope of peace nor happiness . "
Another time she writes : — "Do you know we shall not lose by the change , when having finished Milton we shall read Virgil together .
This great man seems indeed to me " I 1 _lunse e l ' onore degli altri poeti , '
as our Dante says . We shall gain from this study the great advantage of being able to compare the principal episodes of the JEneid
-with the best passages of other poets . ... I have been able to study a little to-day , and . have been reading again good Muratori .
I read the history of the wars of Odoacer and Theodoric . I have often read thembut I always return to them , willinglybecause I
believe the history , of the Middle Ages more important even , for us to know than ancient history . "
We have spoken of Signora Ferrucci ' s writings . They were not , however , numerous , and seem principally to have been essays called
forth t > y the passing events of the time and country . Had her life been prolonged , she would , in all probability , have niade valuable
additions to Italian literature . We will give one short extract , which 4 < I believe , perhaps that , charity does more does justice not onl to y consist her character in pitying than the her sufferings talents .
of the poor and assisting them ; its character is wider , it ought to be the soul of all our actions . For nay partI see charity in patience
, , in humility , in faith , in docile submission to superiors , in justice , iia
heaven courage . in Charity fortitude is trul , in y t contempt he light of God the , world infinite , in as desires Himself for .
234 Bosa Ferrucci.
234 BOSA _FERRUCCI .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1861, page 234, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121861/page/18/
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