Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-02
woman, wife, Mother.

Great, indeed, is the task assigned to
woman. Who can elevate its dignity?
Not to make laws, not to lead armies,
not to govern enterprises, but to form
those by whom laws are made, armies
are led, empires are governed. To guard
against the slightest faint Of bodily in
trinity the frail yet spotless creature
whose moral no less than physical being
must be derived from her TO inspire
those principles, to inclucate those
doctrines. to animate those sentiments
which generations vet unborn and ma
tons vet uncivilized shall learn to bless;
to soften firmness into mercy, and
chasten honor into refinement; to exal5
generosity into virtue, and by soothing
care to allay the anguish of the mink.
by her tenderness to disarm passion
by her purity to triumph over sense to
cheer the scholar sinking under his toll
to be compensation for friends that are
per1idious fer happiness that has
passed away such Is her vocation. The
couch of the tortured sufferer, the prison
of the deserted friend, the cross of the
rejected Savior-these are the theate,s
in which her greatest triumphs have
been achieved. Such is her DIES tiny; to
visit the sorsaken; to attend the neg
lectcd when monarchs abandon, when
counselors betray; when justice prose-
cutes, when brethren and disciples flee,
TO re1nGiD unshaken and unchanged, and
TO exhibit n this lower world Il type Of
that love pure, constant and ineffable,
which in another wsrld we are taught to
believe IS test of virtue.
Magazine.
Strona-7tindeca sVorn.en---'lhe Neither
Gs the GsracCiai.
After months of earnest and somewhat
Thorough research We have amused
a surprising amount of facts,
which prove beyond al possible doubt:
First, that philanthropic endeavor on
the part Of woman renders her more
royal and helpful i'll her Own home, and,
second, that almost every woman who
has achieved national OF worldwide
secluded, domestic life.
I make this assertion now without the
slightest reservation, because [ have a
wealth. OF o}4idence, in we!l-authenticated
facts.
Passing by hundreds Of illllstrious en-
amples, let me cali your attention to the
model mother, the pet Of masculine ora
tors, the typical woman, the great model
ever set before tie imagination ct girl
graduates - Cornelia, the mother Of
the Gracchi.
Now, tell me, my good gentleman
friend-honest confession, now-didn't
you suppose that Cornelia was u sweet
household divinity, somewhat majestic
to be sure, but, nevertheless, q woman
with no thought Of a mission other than
10 her own children
Well, then, remember that COrnelia,
The mother OF the Gracchi, was thor
oughly-elrlcated, phllanthropic, strong
minded, eloquent woman, who gave rub
lie lectures on philosophy in Rome, and
was even more fortunate IL her disciples
than IN her sons. Cicero says "Cor-
nelia, had she not been a woman, would
have deserved the first place among
philosophers. We say lad she not
been p wise philosopher she could net
have been so rOyat mother. It 3e-
quires o rare combination OF intellect
and heart to be It wise mother.
III. -ltbtC. - AttiL NFtLclblJl
biogra3hica! sketch of CoTnelia, says !:
"The whole life Of Cornelia presents a
beautiful character" And from the
facts which ar3 IN our possession we
draw these inferencas
l. C0rnelia must have been educated
III q very superior manner by her father.
| for in no other manner can we account
| for her knowledge and love Of literature !;
| nor for the fact that while yet young
| she was regarded as worthy the most
virtuous and noble men OF Rome.
| 2. She must have been from the be-
| ginning q woman Of fixed principles and
undaunted COURAGE, for in no other man.
per can we give solution to her rejec-
ton Of the King Of Egypt, her unremit-
ting care of her family, her high educa-
tion of her sons, and the great influence
she held over them.
3. She must have cultivated literature
and the graces Of conversation, for how
else could she have attracted to her home
the men OF letters, and won the eompli-
ments Of distant princes.
It is the same-like causes produce
like results everywhere. Earnest study
and loving philanthropy enrich the heart
o: the mother, and biz IS first and enrich
most the home shrine, and thence over
fow until they brighten and bless the
weary, homesick world.
Gave us more mothers prepared to In
strict the world in the true philosophy
OF life, and we will have more sons 10 be
numbered with philosophers.
1t was grand inscription, worthy the
aspiration of every mother, Cornelia,
The mother Of the Gracchi !" But one
can scarcely imagine one of those
g Gracchi" boys commanding his mother
to keep silence on any question o.
church or state.-E2izGbeth B0yntor