The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-01-16
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She Makes a Struggle for Life
Lecture by Miss Anna II. Dickin-
son, at the Academy Of Music,
Last Evening.

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of grcyish tint, with very lengthy trail-rather
cumbersome we thought, for the struggle OF
life-ths amiable young lady appeared without
attendance, on the stage at about ten minutes
after eight o'clock, and at once plunged into the
''HtruggIe for Life"-that Is to say, wOmans
struggle for life. Doubtless most OF our readers
have heard the fair lecturer, and are familiar
with her lively manner, her nervous style, and
her peculiar ntonaLion, which at times is deSe-
loped INTO regular "sing .soug." Last evening
she spoke substantially as tollows;-
In the early days of the Revolution DIR.
huhenbuIg, The founder OF tho Lutheran
Church IN America, came one SABBATH morning
into his pulpit and preached Christ aud HIM
crucihed. He then descended from the pulpit
into the midst OF his flock, and laying aside his
sacred robe, displayed to their astonished eyes
my irepds,n he said, "there is time for
preaching and time Tor fighting, and my time
Tor lighting has come" Applause) There has
been great deal said upon the question of
women's work. great deal Of preaching, great
deal OF lecturing, great deal OF Ia king, argu-
ing, discussing, aud the whole has been SO
admirably and skllfully accom- plished that l
doubt not many people tonight will ask what
more l have to say? shall | have to say
anything beyond what Beecher, Phillips,
Anthony, Curtis and many others have
expressed? That reminds me that when Pitt,
and Burke, and Fox, masters alike of situations
and OF questions, held their sway, men with
whom no stllpllDg care measure bWOIuS OGlOrG
the audiences whom their genius delighted,
some man was foolish enough 10 cross the
ground over which their mighty tread had
passed, and one asked MIN how he had dared TO
speak before them. Because" said he, al
| am as much interested in the question as they
are" tApplause) THUS do speak upon this
| question. which has been handled by 30 much
| greater brains and eloquent lips than mine,
because "I am much Interested in the
| question as they (Applause.) II is the text
| OF my sermon, however paradoXical 1t may
| thaN vft1 CT m
| to fight (Applause.) IL was maxim OF the
| great Napoleon that there was nothing without
! the people," There can be nothing done without
| this; II ls Therefore me Deglnnidg the mlid'e
aud the end. would say TO you Lhat there is
| no argun ent powerful as The argument OF
| success. There Is nothing that can be said tor
you, no argument can be array ed III your behalf.
| All the rights you clam Will not be recognized
| by the people until your efforts have triumph
antly achieved them. THE world belongs to
| those who take IT," Is az Italian prOyerb. 1t Is
| not for those who pray or plead TOR ii, or argue
in their behalf, but it is tor those who lay
| strong hands upon 1t and make II their own.
| This ls a law OF humanity and applies alike TO
| women well as men, unless 1t Is that
| it is nOC conceded that women are human
beings. (Laughler.) None, however are found
| who have the temprlGy to make such state
| ment unless it is indeed made oy the Hartford
Insurance Company. (La1ohter) THIS com
pany provides aga nst the accidents and death
of men, but only provides in the case of the
death OF women. Laugnter.) What, is it true
that women cannot be injured bat only killel1
Can they suffer the pans aud dissolution of
mortality and not its pans? CaunOt they be
wounded and not destroyed? Or ls its plan or
suppOsltion based upon the theory that she is
OF so much less consequence, or mat there Is
nobody but herself TO compensate in case OF her
injuries? Or is it based upon the supposiuon
that ii man is injured there is no person to
take care or him, or support, or sustain hlm
Or that Il won an has nothing tO do bat tall back
upon some masculine arms, which are always
ready and willing to be stretched out Tor her
support? This last contains the gist otthe whole
matter, as indeed 1t does among the great part
OF humanity, from mlsconcepuon OF the great
sphere OF ner work. We say IL the affirmative
that the world belongs to those who take it,"
and if it be not des1aole for woman to seize ami
possess 1t, she must eat OF the OIL andivine which
she hath not cultivated or planted, or sit as
plant enthroned and enshrlned IN some mans
heart, snd take the incense and good
things he there offers. (Applsuse.) THIS
is all very well, when the heart is good
heart and the offers abundant (Laug h,er.)
But. unfortunately, when one gazes INTO the
hearts and lives OF men, one oftener Is compelled
10 gaze down than up. (Applause.) Man
often takes out of her pocket pounds aud then
magnanimoubly puts a shilling into her hands
Yet OF truth much can be claimed for one
made little lower than the angels and crowned
with glory and honor; grant that such one
gives life tor the support, maintenance, and
protection OF some woman. yet with an this 1t
is certainty true that woman's position is an
uuenvisble one if tue CONDITION is past mending.
/ had rather eat crusts and don calico garment
than place jewels upon my person, which makes
given equivalent work Tor the gold. (Applause. J
l had rather be called a simple on in my mind
and which indeed 1 often am Qaughter) THAN
carry the reputation OF Minerva upon the
thought of another. | had rather carry the
stlngs of conscience, the pangs of Iemorse, the
scaIs OF action which demonstrated the ''strug
gle for hfe,n than fill an aimless and useless
| existence, or fill a beautiful one, (Applause }
Since II is true that there Is pleasuTaole feel
ing comparable to that which comes fro n pain
since il is true that we admire the aim of life by
ful6lment OF its purposes, everything which
impedes, retards or destroys the ful6lment OF
the purposes impedes, retards, or destroys the
greatest part of life. Walking is easier THAI
standiL still; climbing than walking over level
ground. The wisest people, the best OF them.
believe that the progress OF mankind Is onward
and upward. IN the Malay language the same
words signify women and flo Rers, Women aud
flowers, the duty of both is to be sweet aul
beautiful. They are neither to toll nor SPIN,
but after while some man comes along aud
pluCks one OF these lair sReetnesses and we trs
It in his buttonhole, very likely, PROVIDED the
flower be moss-rose bud, or pansey or orange
blossom; but how II 1t be a sunhoWer ldughter)
or holly mock, or weed or potstoe plant Qaugu-
, teri, or onion blossom? (Great laughter }
How then? Aud as Tor the poor little moss.
rose bud, ii 1t had only been lett upon its
own stem, and lett to from grow its own
roots, with the sun of Heaven shining upon 1t
Uhe more the belter), II would have oeen
III time a fair, rude, vigorous plant an orna-
ment TO some mans garden and place, bat
1t is plucked away, stuck In some mans button
hole, and then hoW soon 1t fades and wtoers
, (Applause,) 1t was beautitnl in its commence
ment, exquisite in its smell, and sweet In us
looks, but presently it becomes such poor,
faded object that even II man still loves II he
puts his hand over 1t TO hide 1t; he apologize
for IL to his friend, or crushes IL into some dark
. pocket or tears il out and fines 1t away
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