Edited By Caroline H. Dall,
Reading edition
Author of "Woman's Right To Labor," "Historical Pictures Retouched," &c. &c.
"Whoso cures the plague, Though twice a woman, shall be called a leech."
"And witness: she who did this thing was born To do it; claims her license in her work."
Aurora Leigh.
1860.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1860, by Walker, Wise, and Co. In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
To the Hon. Samuel E. Sewall, Faithful Always To "Women And Work," and One of the Best Friends of The New-England Female Medical College, The Editor Gratefully Dedicates This Volume.
"The men (who are prating, too, on their side) cry, 'A woman's function plainly is ... to talk.'"
"What He doubts is, whether we can do the thing With decent grace we've not yet done at all. Now do it."
"Bring your statue: You have room."
"None of us is mad enough to say We'll have a grove of oaks upon that slope, And sink the need of acorns."