The story of my life ; or, The sunshine and shadow of seventy years / by Mary A. Livermore ... with hitherto unrecorded incidents and recollections of three years' experience as an army nurse in the great Civil War, and reminiscences of twenty-five years' experiences on the lecture platform ... to which is added six of her most popular lectures ... with portraits and one hundred and twenty engravings from designs by eminent artists ...

SEEKING ADVICE FROM MY FATHER.

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flowed with energy, was persistent in purpose, and tempest-.
uous when interfered with. I was ambitious to excel, and
miserable when I failed, subject to moods and storms of
emotion produced by seemingly slight causes, which I

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FATE OF MY OFFENDING STAYS.
He took from his pocket his sharp jack-knife and cut asunder the lacings at the back, and
the straps on the shoulders, and the stays dropped to the floor.

neither comprehended nor was able to control. In every
emergency I went to my father, who always gave me the
best direction and advice that he was able to offer.
My sense of justice was very keen, and I would brook
no invasion of my own rights, nor those of my sisters or
friends. If they would not stand up for themselves, then I
woul4 stand up for them. My methods of championship
frequently brought me under my father's condemnation, and
having implicit faith in him, then my conscience took sides
against me. I believed myself disapproved of God, and