Josephine E. Butler: An Autobiographical Memoir

Josephine E. Butler: An Autobiographical Memoir

Josephine Butler was one of the great people of the world. In character, in work done, in influence on others, she was among that few great people who have moulded the course of things. The world is different because she lived. Like most of the very great people of the world, she was extremely cosmopolitan. She belongs to all nations and to all time. The work she did, the people she influenced, prove this. Her Voice in the Desert has been translated into most languages of Europe, and has spoken like the voice of a compatriot to the people of every land. She was a great leader of men and women, and a skilful and intrepid general of the battles she fought. As an orator she touched the hearts of her hearers as no one else has done to whom I have listened. She aimed at a perfectly definite object, but round that object there gathered in her mind many others, all converging to the same end. She left behind her wherever she went new thoughts and new aims and new ideals. Around her central thought grew up many others, and a host of good works have been left in many countries as living memorials of her influence. She thus not only led a greatx crusade, but she helped to raise the characters of the individuals engaged in it. But while I write of her public work, it would be but half the truth unless I said a word about her personally. She was at home in every class of society. She was very beautiful, and of a very gracious presence, and the impression made by first seeing her and hearing her voice has, I expect, been forgotten by none who ever met her. She was of a very artistic temperament. She was a good painter, an extremely good musician. She was a bold rider, and active, though always of a somewhat weak health. Her industry and application was unbounded. She was very full of humour, and, while deeply in earnest, had the faculty of being at times charmingly gay. She dressed with great taste and simplicity. She, above all things, loved her home and her husband, and that love was wholly returned. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 53534
Author: Butler, Josephine Elizabeth Grey
Release Date: Nov 16, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Editor: Johnson, George William, 1857-1926 , Johnson, Lucy A. Nutter