{"product_id":"is-polite-society-polite-and-other-essays-gb-34271","title":"Is Polite Society Polite? and Other Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIs Polite Society Polite? and Other Essays\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI REMEMBER that, quite late in the fifties, I mentioned to Theodore\r\nParker the desire which I began to feel to give living expression to my\r\nthoughts, and to lend to my written words the interpretation of my\r\nvoice.\nParker, who had taken a friendly interest in the publication of my first\r\nvolumes, \"Passion Flowers\" and \"Words for the Hour,\" gave his approval\r\nalso to this new project of mine. \"The great desire of the age,\" he\r\nsaid, \"is for vocal expression. People are scarcely satisfied with the\r\nprinted page alone: they crave for their instruction the living voice\r\nand the living presence.\"\nAt the time of which I write, no names of women were found in the lists\r\nof lecture courses. Lucy Stone had graduated from Oberlin, and was\r\nbeginning to be known as an advocate of temperance, and as an\r\nantislavery speaker. Lucretia Mott had carried her eloquent pleading\r\noutside the limits of her Quaker belonging. Antoinette Brown Blackwell\r\noccupied the pulpit of a Congregational church, while Abby Kelly Foster\r\nand the Grimke Sisters stood forth as strenuous pleaders for the\r\nabolition of slavery. Of these ladies I knew little at the time of which\r\nI speak, and my studies and endeavors occupied a field remote from that\r\nin which they fought the good fight of faith. My thoughts ran upon the\r\nimportance of a helpful philosophy of life, and my heart's desire was to\r\nassist the efforts of those who sought for this philosophy.\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 34271 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Howe, Julia Ward \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Nov 10, 2010 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Howe, Julia Ward,1819-1910 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43220025311389,"sku":"gb-34271-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/34271.jpg?v=1671540650","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/is-polite-society-polite-and-other-essays-gb-34271","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}