Appendix 185 "But Ellen Key has not let her living soul run dr3^ and nothing has been able to check the streams of tenderness from her over-flowing heart. This is her greatness. May we thank her!" Poul Bjerre. "... The greatest quality in Ellen Key is her good- ness, a goodness which allows us to forget her great- ness, but which itself can never be forgotten. The warmth which radiates from a truly good person Ellen Key has and gives in richest measures. And she does not save it merely for great occasions, when she lets it stream forth and inspire listening crowds. She gives of her best to the little children gathered for a fairy tale around her evening fire, or to a group of working women to whom she gives a few hours' recreation. ... In her striving toward great goals she never forgets to use the small opportunities of bringing help or joy to a fellow-man." Emilie Broome. "The remarkable thing about Ellen Key is that even critics can this day be present with good con- science among those who hail her. "The wreath offered by the critic is perhaps not the poorest when he says: 'If you, according to my con- ception, have seen wrongly, you have primarily done so because you have not perceived the rarity of your own character. You have judged the earth by your own rich, good soil where no evil thrives and often you have gone on the rocks and in the sand, and gathered sunshine and warm breezes. Your path has not been easy and you have never shunned trouble. The sun has often been hidden and the winds have been cold and bitter. But you have met it all bravely