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PREFACE
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orphans, the sad and the sorrowful; in the faithful
discharge of the duties of property, with all its
manifold calls on their patience, their temper, and
their time: and they will acquire a respect and
reverence for such women, and feel that God has
not put them into the world to eat and drink, amuse
themselves and die; but that He has given to each
a mission and a work, and that on the fulfilment of
that work will depend their happiness both here and
hereafter.
MARY ELISABETH HERBERT.
38 Chesram Place, London:
August 1876.
August 1876.