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

LETTERS. 213
be educated and go about as freely as men. The Brama-Somadj is pleading for the similar emancipation
and enlightenment of Hindoo women. Assuredly, the
Millerites will have to wait a while. The world cannot be destroyed just yet; there is too much going
on that needs to be completed.
I saw some extracts from Father Taylor's Biography in the papers. I was much amused with his answer to his nurse, when she sought to comfort him
by saying, "You will soon be with the angels."
I" What do I care about angels!" be exclaimed; "I
want to be with folks." That was a real outburst of
nature.
TO MRS. S. B. SHAW.
WAYLAND, 1872.
I wanted to write a hurrah as soon as it was certain
the ship of state had safely passed that coalition
snag,1 but was prevented from time to time. Thecame that awful fire in Boston, and put one out of
the mood of hurrahing. But that conflagration, terrible as it was, was not so disastrous as would have
been the restoration of Democrats and rebels to power.
And not only have we cause for congratulation that
a present danger is escaped, but we have reason to be
devoutly thankful for this new proof that the people
are capable of self-government.
About the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, you and I, as usual, agree. I have taken
a lively interest in it, and have been a member of the
Boston society from the beginning. I have not made
up my mind about the Darwinian theory, but I have
long felt that man does not sufficiently recognize his
1 Referring to President Grant's reelection.