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Memoires of Old Friends, Extracts From Journals and Letters, 1835 to 1871, Ed. by H.n. Pym. to Which Are Added 14 Original Letters From J. S.
Memoires of Old Friends Extracts From Journals and Letters 1835 to 1871 Ed by Hn Pym to Which Are Added 14 Original Letters From J S Author:Caroline Fox Title: Memoires of Old Friends, Extracts From Journals and Letters, 1835 to 1871, Ed. by H.n. Pym. to Which Are Added 14 Original Letters From J. S. Mill General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1882 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing t... more »ext. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER XII. 184.6. " What is man ? A foolish baby ; Vainly strives, and fights, and frets ; Demanding all, deserving nothing ; -- One small grave is what he gets." -- T. Carlyle. Falmouth, January 4. -- I have assumed a name to-day for my religious principles -- Quaker-Catholicism -- having direct spiritual teaching for its distinctive dogma, yet recognising the high worth of all other forms of Faith; a system, in the sense of inclusion, not exclusion; an appreciation of the universal, and various teachings of the Spirit, through the faculties given us, or independent of them. February 10. -- Mrs. Barnicoat told us funny reminiscences of servitude in Bath and Weymouth: in the former place, servants are treated like Neddies; at the latter, she was engaged by the Royal Hotel to cut bread-and-butter for the Royal Family, who would take tea there every Sundayat six o'clock. She was particularly endowed for this service, being able to give each slice a bit of curl, highly satisfactory to Majesty. One evening when she chanced to be out, the plates of bread- and-butter went in flat, and came out as they went in. Felruary 18. -- Teaching in Infant School. By way of realising a lecture on affection and gratitude to parents, I asked each of the little class what one thing they had done for their mothers that morning; and I confess I felt humbled and instructed to discover that one of these tiny creatures had worked some pocket-handkerchief, another l...« less