My past and thoughts, vol. 1 (of 6)

Note 18 — Chapter 2 The Talk of Nurses and of Generals—False Position—Russian Encyclopaedists—Boredom—The Maids’ Room and the Servants’ Hall—Two Germans—Lessons and Reading—The Catechism and the Gospel

Constance Garnett translation

Father Matthew (1790–1856), Irish priest, who had remarkable success in a great temperance campaign based on the religious appeal.—(Translator’s Note.)

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