..., while rejoicing in that respite, still felt that her field was action, and that she could not, like Mr. Emerson, withdraw from the world to a quiet rural home. She wrote thus, on one occasion, to the Rev. W. H. Channing :-- 10th December, 1840 Two days in Boston; how the time flies there and bears no perfume on its wings,--I am always most happy to return to my solitude, yet willing to bear the contact of societ...