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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 Excerpt:...and re One of the ladies at Scutari, rich, well-born, and mplished, on being informed that she had been seeti as »e of those who were to be sent to a post i-e additional difficulty, suffering, and even danger ted her, clasped her hands and uttered a fervent h. ank God!" remember a Sister of Charity who had been sent off l."" honr's notice to a district where the cholera ag,ng among the most squalid and miserable poor, faJL7l "forSet the look of radiant happiness iiankfulness on that face. I am anxious on this point not to be misunderstood. If you speak to some people of the necessity of finding better and higher employ, ment for women, they inquire merrily how you would like a female house of parliament? or they congratulate themselves that ladies are not likely to act as constables or to be drawn for the militia. Thus they would put down one of the most terribly momentous questions that has ever occupied the thoughts of thoughtful men--a question which is at the very core of social morals: but none who now listen to me would, I think, condescend to such cruel and absurd wit. Then again an intelligent and amiable man will say:--" lt is all very well; but l should, not like my daughter to do so-and-so." But the question is not what this or that individual would choose his daughter to do. It remains with him to settle this within the precincts of his family; only it is most unjust to make his particular feelings and op;mons the rule of life for others, without once approaching BIsTERS OF CHAKITr, question as one of social morals, as one tice and humanity, withoo: once reflecti,t ail the unemployed and superfluous won England cannot be sempstresses, governed d artists. Why is it that we see so nr men carefully educated, going...