I remember, that quite late in the fifties, I mentioned to Theodore Parker the desire which I began to feel to give living 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. “The great desire of the age,” he said, “is for vocal expression. People are scarcely satisfied with the printed page alone: tley crave for their instruction the living voice and the living presence.” ...Of the title essay she says:-- “I remember that I was once invited to read this essay to a village audience in one of the New England States. My theme was probably one quite remote from the general thought of my hearers. As I went on, ”
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As I looked out, the gray clouds parted, giving me a moment's sight of a star high up in the heavens.
This little glimpse gave me hope for the day and great comfort.
It was like an answering glance to my many troubled questions....”
“We have stood for that which was known to be right in theory, and for that which has proved to be right in practice.
(From my suffrage address at State House in 1894).”
In December, 1895, appeared her first volume since “Margaret Fuller,” a collection of essays, published under the title of the opening one, “Is Polite Society Polite?”
In the preface she says:--
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York. 1916.
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