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72 Ellen Key
realised, to some extent, the dream of her
youth, the helping in the enlightenment of the
labouring classes. In 1880, a People's Insti-
tute had been founded in Stockholm by Doctor
Anton Nystrom, who had taken the initiative,
and collected the means himself. Lectures
on scientific and historic subjects are held
here daily. When this Institute had been in
existence for a couple of years, Ellen Key
overcame her timidity to the extent that she
sought an appointment there as lecturer in
the history of Swedish civilisation. Her appli-
cation was approved, and with great trepida-
tion she undertook her mission. It was one of
Ellen Key's characteristics to avoid speaking
of herself, and accordingly few people knew of
her old longing for this field of work. But, in
a letter, her mother expressed great joy over
the fact that her daughter had at last gained
an opportunity to contribute to the enlighten-
ment of the masses, a duty which mother as
well as daughter considered sacred. Most un-
pretentiously, Ellen Key asked us to criticise
her lectures during the first winter. Her
first lecture was given at the affiliated branch
of the Institute, on a narrow little street in
Kungsholmen, and was attended by fifteen
listeners. But very soon she had to be trans-
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