Is Polite Society Polite? and Other Essays
Is Polite Society Polite? and Other Essays
By Julia Ward Howe
30 Mar, 2021
Excerpt from Is Polite Society Polite?: And Other Essays
Theodore Parker the desire which I began to feel to give liv ing expression to my thoughts, and to lend to my written words the interpretation of my voice.
Parker, who had taken a friendl
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Excerpt from Is Polite Society Polite?: And Other Essays
Theodore Parker the desire which I began to feel to give liv ing expression to my thoughts, and to lend to my written words the interpretation of my voice.
Parker, who had taken a friendly interest in the publication of my first volumes, Passion Flowers and Words for the Hour, gave his approval also to this new project of mine.
The great desire of the age, he said, is for vocal expression. People are scarcely satisfied with the printed page alone: they crave for their instruction the living voice and the living presence.'
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