, 1869-01-03
PERSONAL SKETCHES.
Lucy Stone.

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Carer ~ speaker-Het App saxAncs
hHA Character.
NUMBER H1v.
.spaeIuly written TOT Tta Cnteaso Tribune
NKx Yoxx. Dse, "a. 1865.
Vntll year Or two p4:t Lucy Btone has
bcen living Ii kueh retirement. that many
oe..ops hAyu nearly Im9otten the woman
Who. before her marriage, Was the foremost
ndyocate of the rights OF her ser, anc the
ablest md most eminent Of American feut-
nine arators.
HKR rAxESTAGs.
Lucy etene WAS born In West Brookfeld,
Ma6a., Ct very orthodox Presbyterian parents,
who wero naturally straight laced and austere
in The training and education OF their chill.
drcn. They wern conformers by tempera-
ment and conviction believed IN al e1,stinx
social conditions Us they did In the truth Of
I'll the received dogmas OF theology. As The
idca Of change, OF reformation of any kind,
was abhorcnt 10 them, one can imagine With
what uncaslness they found their brightest
daughter, at an early age, enerEettc21ly and
dcscsmlned!T on the eide or the opposition
She was evidently superior to tradition end
to Other peoples opin1ona. She WIS 4
thinker, liver from within1 seer of things
st her own angle, a detector Of the flower Of
truth under thc thick foliapr nf se.m1nc.
Her rood, thouch narrow unthrr- Int m
little sleep on Lucy's sccouut /: for abe fcared
sometimes, the eir, Was Inherently w,ctrd
md doomed To the Pit. She of1eu pra1ed
for her wnywa.d and e7lpz daughter. neti.
tiontne Heaven 10 give her Hrht. Lucv sav
the light, though Rot the a.me her parents
hpped she n,Yrht be shawn. and vcrt i ~.
at-a,.,,7 - ~. hnr.,. " ~ soe
VA e$1'o VI 10 oeaius
"ohAs's RloHfs-
one OF Inc nfst tnlnea tnat impressed Lucy
catfo,,. rYn.rience ard c,r-.r ~ 49, ..a
- W 4sn AAo
women cue ioneea 'oF INC nf9ef freedom,
Inc stronger Character, and tho greater self
trast Of the opposite rex. She did not recoy.
nixe that the Difference betvern mrn and w.
wv .-o.. ,n,r. r..x,, o.t,,. 49, .a...,' 80
s' a.s o' soa n'tut. nn., tu4a htA1oine'
nor nas soe 10 tnls ony. Htth the same Id
vantages, the same freedom, the same oppor-
| tunltics, she believed she and Ill her ,i.ter.
hood would have the masculine y1rtues .ddra
~ th.;, ow, .,.s as--saN.s,s1 ~ s1es Auaea
~ 'usn y" y, ~ ,Ss SssSsEe toe masculine wees
BY reason OF their greater hnencss aud In
sttnctiyc purity.
THIRST FOR KNOWLEDGE.
Lucy hsd hard lie. ~ th ch,,dr,, or -,
mo-, Eav rn,1.nd r.-,no.. ~ ~ ~sa a"a ., ~,
: no,n,.nn sahaa1 1aa....as. w. sne seeeaseo
COMMON ecnool feaest'on, aud then worked
eiEnteen hours out OF t#eaty-fonr In attend
| log TO the duties of the household, often AZ
slSt.rp In acYerer labor. she cravnd No..
kuowieder. and vet Al. con1d ~ ,rw b,@at-
| x-,.4h 20 s,,,. t., =. -. S.... "o'As
~. ~. - 50 .sus ~ =. hoou1 neE ioesfe nome.
! l m mn 1f1
| Ties, biographies Of clergymen, missionary
lnbors and Theological Controversies, we're
/ rarely accepted and her indiiIerence to Ia.
! formation dee1ued 90 valuable shocked the
! ieeI.nes q some u her orthodox friends, and
hoaceG tae eopssetlon that she was given up
l She had brother little older than her
1 self. who, IN h!s sixteenth year, was sent II
college, while she Ha, kept At home to work
I Justice, She declared shr had as mnch -1,ht
| as he to a comn]ete eiinrstInn md tbat ~
] wnuid have hrr riph+ NJ nnrsnts .a,.,t..as
4 and friends onpoted her Ei.hrs. S.m,i.
| couucils were held- al. in, rt,stntn ~ W. Ny
| ENGLAND and Inrv was toid fhs +h;na -.
| irnpossih{e. That TorniaahIc odisrtIvs 800
nor Ia the lexicon nj. htr hons Sha nsr.s ~as
yercd In be. cfloTts. resolved rkc vnuid c,rsv
| her poInt. and at last nhfained tbe -. r1,i:!
| Sion of her parents. The mn thfn5 n w
| way was mpneY-it il algsys in The war ~
accomplishment tberc-but she surcecdrd
oftrr nnnerons fai1nres IN i,,rr,w,,e IN
| cient SUM 10 send her IL nhr,iio n "a A. -
tnro hrr. with scyerr ccon. ~, ,,h.-i aIa ~
cotinn> Ny u "peia' ecu
cn,nn.r,ox or+
For several yeart n. nr.ct,sad Unsait. E., ave
denial ard Ia snie oi dit ohst c1as sell
NEEDED ~ re.chin" ~ ~ ~ usn 1ps.ae!es anc-
WI,h her t.iiowlssha1 nos sna sue nao IN view,
coinrs csn.sio,3, .t :. " o9ta sexes AID
| aha 80 y rra., .nas "i gag .oo tae olack4.
sxmnsths LIN asps'te thstn g. sae was 10 special
champion when eh.mpIon W. Wss saEs ne.asd ti4 W.
stIonG lnaftaualt1y and radtcaliam brought
her into many contentious but her sense Of
1ut;t:ee and tsush was 80 great that she
ta,ana ats tts gasned ihe esteem. eTeu II she for
st.nrc ano sone, stern sttaEcte with circun-
has o6cn ~. tnf.eo Efsaaaieo WIN high honors. She
/ diplona as one oT tho 10 InG ane resepts9n nf IT,.
hnm1r nt re- IL tnas,pe s p.oIeeet Ana aappest
t,at an iutenfn.nt wom,n ~ r.Jse9 ~ -, " ner
can md thsf cncrrr and ro.eiat S ~ VII. mnat man
come tho disabilities that Satur,. an. T. s,o;a,r
have Irnn,se5 ,,nnn her A'"s"4e auo society
4 pUn,1c srr.rrxo
| wbi]c at nheri,, ~ Jt.aas"a
ity for nuhlfr sncuEfon 1..Sss s'..t VT, eapxe-
he. bi torc. aud no imnrnved Il 1n H. ga, ~
Ing society fiat Ehcn ehc nni1tsJ ..Si... u1ust
| she tc.rrv,d r. ,e rant.d es aat.su eoa!ese
i'm IF snch 49, luie A ~ M oiator. nc
tiou 10 her: for she h,d f,- ~. esa ea'isAc-
| lou. to express her virwa m ro,.., auA nI
| slavery from +hr-r,xtr 49,, -. "aI. aoo
could exercise NOR. lnHus,c seS. ~ ihat ~ @ suc
than iu any other. ~ 'AA' way
I Returning 10 New England sb. h.,.n
| mrmtnF of ibc Amcrjc ~ amtiS al. nos. u.le S
| tr, ard almost immcfiistcIr hsoan 9ostc
speeches In fayar ~ Ahni;tian,.,s w 80
travelled tbrnurh New EngI.nJ NV u, ta,o nno
| aLd Western Etsfes a, T.s I,,th s7 ,s a,1ate
succe.s. Whirh ~. shn. NC. "Au mafkea
opposition she excited =. ~ .nnI.y Sa ~ tne
received. The prr,.hl vcrv Ma. sue
| ruundly. and uudarfork - t'es W
her arguments IN, ~ Fstuts
the right side. and her logic md Sioon,res
gained mnny new adhcrrnts 10 he c.us' v;.s
had the privilege Of her scx. sue spoke
without tie trammeis or noll.Tcs or thc fes,
OF public opinion Her audiences I,strna5 ~
LeE patiently, when ther wouId nat h,ra 1t..
| tened to the same statements fran m.r
| bhc drcx crowds EVERYWHERE. and nx-nte ID.
| 1nlraaton among those who hrfd tfifTsr.nt
| y1ewe from her own. She w,s t1cn Efa,' =, q.
or {itecu wears arn-ani il iii, va,A
| able aud interesting en-aker. Thar T. ,n..ch ~
! the natural orator tn ber an, ~. ~. =.
| round, rich, sweet voice that win, scd 1,nia.
almost every one who hc.rs it. Nh m.n.ncs n.sHs
| it admirably, too Is. "a 1hev ser ~ ti.s
stage, au excellent r1sder. and !. ,,tts, ~ .as
| dramatic US Sue Is ioeicsi. al" % o''e'' As
Her style Is QUIET and rssr. eh. +,,t.,
u,ile DISPLAY of what !, undrr.tooj aian,,
tion rsirC yrry lew ,,.s,nrcs snd sei5ea,
changing her posilIon. sl,c slw,rs s,re. uou
the Impression Of rnse1ved n,Ter ksI ed yon o1
eloaucncc seems snont anaona aod ~, t n"t, ns
| expression Of her unstud,ed thonobt E.1 -
women Q. men either es1 50 cnc,asn ths;r
audience. / have known ,srre crowd ~ o"Ts4 H.
ten 10 her far mnrr thar on han- ~, - - ~
! person e1iup out. and when she haa foiehsI
81 lin 10 Sit as irthry ha1 M, -1cnr.roj 49,,
! the spell Of h,r eioQucncn. AonA
| rEccL1Ip xApe,.c1
1 In 1855 shr wos married to Henry R,sct.
I we'll, an Enrllsh,nan by bIrib, WIN wa ihen
hardwa,e merchsr, n r;as,,r,, WY toea