Note 22 — Chapter VI · “AND HER WORKS DO FOLLOW HER.”
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In a paper found in Miss Buss’ desk there is gratifying proof of the satisfaction it would have given her to know of the choice of her successor—
“I know Mrs. Bryant well, and think her the most competent woman in the whole range of my acquaintance to take up my work after me. She is bright, accomplished, energetic, and earnest. She is amiable and loving, and, above all, has vital force. She has, indeed, ‘a healthy mind in a healthy body.’ Pages of writing could not express more strongly my conviction that she is the one woman who would and could carry on the school in the same spirit as it is carried on now. Her fellow-workers would also be loyal to her, and she would be considerate about them.
(Signed) “Frances Mary Buss.
“Myra Lodge, Feb. 3, 1878.”