  IV SARAH MARTIN THE DRESSMAKER AND PRISON VISITOR OF YARMOUTH XII ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING XIII LADY SALE AND HER FELLOW-HOSTAGES IN AFGHANISTAN XXIII THE AMERICAN ABOLITIONISTS PRUDENCE CRANDALL AND LUCRETIA MOTT “‘I have a belief of my own, and it comforts me.’ “‘What is that?’ said Will.... “‘That by desiring what is perfectly good, even when we don’t quite know what it is and cannot do what we would, we are part of the divine power against evil—widening the skirts of light and making the struggle with darkness narrower.’”—Middlemarch, Book iv. SOME EMINENT WOMEN OF OUR TIMES SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES BY Mrs. HENRY FAWCETT London MACMILLAN AND CO. AND NEW YORK 1889 All rights reserved |
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