Letters of Lydia Maria Child, with a biographical introduction by John G. Whittier and an appendix by Wendell Phillips.

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H. Channing's daughter. It recites the well-known
legends about Buddha, in a form of singular poetic
beauty. He made a great mistake, that good " Lord
Buddha." It would have been more wise to hlave
taught his fellow-creatures how to raise more grain,
weave more cloth, and take better care of their health,
than it was to descend into beggary with them. But
there is somnething very touching and sublime in his
determination to quit regal splendor and luxury, and
live among the poor and suffering like a brother. The
book sells well on account of its literary merit, and
is helping many other quiet influences to enable human souls to recognize their spiritual kinship.
TO MRS. S. B. SHA5W.
1880.
I wish you could see Miss Whitney's Sam. Adams.
I never saw an image so full of life; not even the
Minute Man at Concord. An acquaintance sent a
very human-looking doll to a little friend, five years
old. When a neighbor exclaimed, "What a pretty
doll!" the child said, "You mustn't call it doll,
it's a little girl. She can't walk and talk now,
but she will by and by." When I returned from
Miss'Whitney's studio, I was asked, " How did you
like the statue?" I replied, "You must not call it
a statue, it's a man. It will walk and talk by and
by."
TO THEODORE Do. WELD.
WAYLAND, July 10, 1880.
I thank you cordially for the interesting Memorial
of your excellent wife.1 Such a benediction is rarely
bestowed on any man as to have loved and been beM1 rs. Angelina Grimk6 Weld.
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