-SAVING TO HOARD, AN EVIL-MRS PRIOR MISS DIX AND

HER AGED FATHER - MARGARET BOUDET AND HER NIECES -

MARY LYON HER REMARKS ON THIS VIRTUE ITS GENERAL

INFLUENCE ON CHARACTER ONE OF THE PRINCIPLES THAT

REGULATED MOUNT HOLYOKE SEMINARY -THE GIRL WHO IS

NOT WASTEFUL OF PINS WILL BE FRUGAL IN GREATER MAT-

TERS,

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CHAPTER XXVII.

SELF-RELIANCE.

SELF-RELIANCE OF MARY LYON-THE RICH AND POOR MAN'S

DAUGHTER - MADAME DE GENLIS WANT OF THIS A FAULT

OF MODERN FEMALE SOCIETY REMARK OF FREEDLEY GET-

TING WELL MARRIED THE DAUGHTER WHO RELIED UPON HER

MOTHER, AND NOT UPON HERSELF THE OLD MAN'S BRIDE —

SELF-RELIANCE FITS GIRLS FOR VICISSITUDES- REVERSES FRE-

QUENT -MRS. BLEEKER - WIVES OF DRUNKARDS THE YOUNG

MERCHANT'S WIFE IN PHILADELPHIA THE CLERGYMAN'S

WIDOW AND FOUR CHILDREN -THE MERCHANT'S WIDOW AND

THREE CHILDREN—THE WISE MERCHANT'S DAUGHTERS, AS RE-

LATED BY ARTHUR-THE MOST PROSPEROUS BECOME POOR-

MARIA ANTOINETTE-NAPOLEON'S MOTHER-ANNALS OF CRIME

-A SAD STORY-SELF-RELIANCE NECESSARY TO SYMMETRY OF

CHARACTER - APPEAL TO THE READER,
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CHAPTER XXVIII.

DECISION.

-

THE MOON AND HER MOTHER-CONNECTION WITH SELF-RELIANCE

-PRINCESS OF ORANGE GIRLS THAT SAY "NO" — DECISION

NECESSARY TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF TIME - HOW MARY LYON

TAUGHT PUPILS DECISION- TEMPTATION TO WASTE TIME IN

BED HERSELF A PATTERN OF FELLOWSHIPPING YOUNG MEN

OF DOUBTFUL CHARACTER DECISION OF RUTH-NOT IMPOSSI-

BLE TO CULTIVATE IT-THE FATHER WHO COULD NOT DECIDE

806

FOR WHICH SON TO DIE- REMARK OF WILLIAM WIRT,

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CHAPTER XXIX.

PERSEVERANCE.

REMARK OF MADAME NECKER THIS QUALITY NECESSARY IN

MINOR DUTIES NECESSARY TO ENERGY AND GENERAL STRENGTH

OF CHARACTER PERSEVERANCE OF MARY LYON MADE HER

---

A TEACHER AND FOUNDER OF MOUNT HOLYOKE SEMINARY —

TESTIMONY OF DR. HITCHCOCK STICKING TO A THING HAN-

NAH MORE, AND HER LABORS IN A WICKED COMMUNITY — THE

WIFE OF DR. JOHN KITTO-ALL NEED THE QUALITY-LINES OF

A POET,

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CHAPTER XXX.

SELF-POSSESSION.

-

MISS LYON'S PRESENCE OF MIND-SPRINGING FROM DECISION AND

SELF-RELIANCE THE YOUNG LADY AND FRACTIOUS HORSE-

THE CHILD ON FIRE THE PLEASURE PARTY CHILD SEIZED

WITH CONVULSIONS- SELF-POSSESSION WOULD HAVE BEEN VAL-

UABLE IN ALL THESE CASES MRS. DAVIESS OF KENTUCKY -

THE SCHOOL-HOUSE ON FIRE WOMAN WHO SHOT THE ROBBER

IN ASHLAND, MASS - SUITED TO FEMALE CHARACTER - SOME

GIRLS THINK TIMIDITY IS LADY-LIKE-SELF-POSSESSION OF THE

CHRISTIAN — DIVINE WORDS,

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CHAPTER XXXI.

FORTITUDE.

CONNECTION WITH SELF-POSSESSION -MARY LYON AN EXAMPLE

OF FORTITUDE-BEAUTY IN IT HARRIET NEWELL-DECIDING

TO BE A MISSIONARY - GENUINE HEROISM- FEMALES NOT IN-

CAPABLE OF DISPLAYING THIS TRAIT- EIGHTEEN WIVES IN THE

MAYFLOWER-MARY CHILTON-WOMEN OF THE REVOLUTION -

MRS. HARRINGTON, OF LEXINGTON-MRS. PRIOR IMPRISONED

IN HOUSE OF ILL-FAME AARON BURR AND HIS AUNT-RECORDS

OF MARTYRDOM — EXECUTION OF LADY JANE GREY LINES ON

WALL OF HER PRISON - PERSUASIVE TO CULTIVATE THIS QUAL-

ITY,

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HANNAH MORE AND REV. J. A. JAMES THEY REPRESENT

VIEWS OF ALL WRITERS- MARY WOLSTENCROFT CONDEMNED

FOR INFIDELITY-FRANCES WRIGHT AND LAFAYETTE MANY

GIRLS LIVING WITHOUT GOD-MARY LYON'S PIETY-INCREASED

LUSTRE OF OTHER VIRTUES-RELIGION ADAPTED TO NATURE

AND SPHERE OF WOMAN -THE TEMPLE OF VESTA GIRLS

NEED RELIGION TO CULTIVATE SOME OF FOREGOING QUALITIES

-TO SHIELD THEM FROM TEMPTATION-TO PREPARE THEM

FOR THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE-MRS. COMSTOCK, THE MISSION-

ARY-IT PREPARES FOR EXCHANGE OF WORLDS-LAST HOURS

OF A PIOUS YOUNG LADY-LINES-CONCLUSION,

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POOR GIRL AND TRUE WOMAN.

CHAPTER I.

SUNRISE AND SUNSET.

THE MOUNTAIN-HOME-A DEATH-SCENE-LAST WORDS OF THE DYING FATHER - LITTLE MARY - A CLOUD UPON HER RISING SUN-THE LONELY WINTER-MARY'S WORDS FORTY YEARS AF TER A PRAYING MOTHER-EARLY ADVANTAGES-A DEATHSCENE AT MOUNT HOLYOKE FEMALE SEMINARY-UNIVERSAL SORROW-WORDS OF A MONTREAL LADY-EULOGY OF PRINCESS CHARLOTTE APPLIED -WORDS OF DR. HUMPHREY OF DR. HITCHCOCK-HER GRAVE AND MONUMENT - LITTLE MARY OF 1802, AND MARY LYON OF 1849-HER RISING AND SETTING SUNHOW DID SHE SUCCEED? - IMPORTANT FOR GIRLS TO KNOW.

COME, Reader, in imagination let us visit a loved "mountain home," as it was more than half a century ago. It is an humble abode, in the quiet town of Buckland, Massachusetts; but peace and love dwell within its walls. Costly palaces never held more true affection and goodness than was found in that lowly cot. There prayer had its altar, and piety yielded its richest fruits. Parents toiled and