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LETTERS. 247
2
‘ TO MR. GEORGE A——. ;
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SrockHoim, 29th March, 1844.
Dear Str, — The doubts which you have imparted to me,
in consequence of the public appeal made by mie to the
women of Sweden to labor for the establishment of a
Refuge for neglected children, gives me an opportunity of
discussing thoroughly with you a subject so much deserv-
ing of consideration, and so dear to my heart. I thank
you for this, and while I look upon it as an agreeable duty
to reply to your objections, I shall endeavor, where I can-
not satisfactorily solve your doubts, to take a road on
which we both, perhaps, with our united efforts, may find
an- exit out of the labyrinth; a point of rest for our inquir-
ing, hesitating spirits.
That you should have seen in my appeal something else
and something more than merely an inducement to a col-
lection, an activity for some special purpose — for this, your
way of seeing and understanding things in general, and
your letter to me, are a sufficient warrant. My more imme-
diate object has been to call forth or to rouse the con-
sciousness of social life and worth in woman’s life and
sphere of activity, considered in a Christian and social
point of view; I wanted to infuse a fresher life into the
public spirit in this sphere, and to do it with a breath of
Christianity’s holy spirit. The invitation, which some la-
dies, with whom I am personally unacquainted. have ad-
dressed to me, to apply to the women of Sweden in favor
of a “Refuge and Reformatory,” I at once availed myself
of as a welcome opportunity for expressing thoughts, the
inmost aim of which goes beyond the immediate visible
and stated purpose, and the seed of which I hope will
strike root and grow like the grain hidden in the earth. It
is not now my intention to speak of these more extensive
views. I have appealed to the motherly element in society
to feel, think, labor more largely, and above all, to take
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