Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-02-11
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the oost delightful of Counsellors and Of co-worl.

the Z post delightful of counseors and Of co-work.
ers The secret Of it all lay mpre in, the hears
than in the head. 1t came from the singleness. Of
her deTotion to the AntSlavery Cause. Il was
entire, disntcrcsted, fearless. Though baptized
into the spirit of 1--we, and believing in the powes
of love as the motive power Of the machine rathea
than in that Of criticism, she had nav ash sem
,imentasm which shrunk from the true character,
izaion of baseness, cruelty or hypocrhy. Bring.
ing, as she did the powers Of her acute and wellr
cultured intellect to bear upon the development
and organization of her intuitye apprehension
of what was right
"The reason 6rm, the temperate wilh
Endurance, foresight. strength and skip ~
those only who have rejoiced in her sym mpathy and
her help can fully understand the loss her death
brings to them and to the cause she loved best
1t was this principle os psrfec. love, which mob
only oasteth out fear, but giveth cearness Of yAr
ion and perfectnefs of action, that informed ben
W hole character and shone from her whole pres-
enee. To love- with her, was to live. While
here below, she was but little lower than thu
angels.
who by TO lore do apprehend to BE-"
With the impulsive energies of the poetic temper
ament, she possessed Its sympathetic and magnet.
c forces. No one could be in her society without
feeling how magical sway her mind exertcd oves
his. Her powers of conversation were of tha
highest and rarest description. Mrs. Foen waa
an authoress of no small reputation She haa
written many books, some of which have vida
and will become permanent portion
of English literature. Her life OF her husband aas
been pronounced, by high English critical author
ity, perfect example of that most difficult kind
of composition. Some of her fugitive poema ar.
among the most beautiful in the language. But
no one who judges OF her powers or her graces by
her published works con have any adequate iGes
Of them. Her fuen. tones, hel wealth of pictured
words, her fertility Of imagery and illustrate bes
flashing wit. her earnest eloquence, the musical
cOntagion Of her laugh ARE things which have died
with her, or live only in the rememt rance Of thoaa
that knew and loved her. But they are many.
She made friends everywhere. l. was an essen.
tial element of her being. Virtue went out from
her and drew those whom she approached closs to
her, heart to heart. Widely distant from one On.
other, scattered over two continents, will loving
hearts grieve in common the tidngs of her
death, and mourn with the mourners she has leh
desola,e in her home. Yet not desolate, for her
love and her example, which had best, and per-
aaps shaped, their truest life, will dwell wish thsw
to the end.
Thus much the simplest sense Of duty to on,
dead frend-so benignant, so honored. SO beloved
demands to be said as the soonest moment after
our great loss. Scarcely parted from the presence
Of til, dead, almost breathing the air Of the homo
she hal made SO baPpy. stirred by tender memo.
Ties going back through the entire Of life to tie
earliest days of childhood we have not the heart,
# we had the gift, to attempt to portray her ftly.
70 deneate the fne shades and delicate coptrsats
,f her mind. to treat of her genius as well as Of
ler worth, as it should he done nus. be left to-
more discriminating minds an firmer hands than
ours. And we are sure that this IS labor Of love
which love will not permit to rest long undons,-
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