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Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1 46 0 Browse Search
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Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899 12 0 Browse Search
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Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Chapter 8: first years in Boston (search)
ate, which had been handed down from previous generations, had become irreligious to the foremost minds of that day. They had no choice but to enter the arena as champions of the new interpretation of life which the cause of truth imperatively demanded. I speak now of the transcendental movement as I had opportunity to observe it in Boston. Let us not ignore the fact that it was a world movement. The name seems to have been borrowed from the German phraseology, in which the philosophy of Kant was termed the transcendental philosophy. More than this, the breath which kindled among us this new flame of hope and aspiration came from the same source. For this was the period of Germany's true glory. Her intellectual radiance outshone and outlived the military meteor which for a brief moment obscured all else to human vision. The great vitality of the German nation, the indefatigable research of its learned men, its wholesome balance of sense and spirit, all made themselves widely
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Chapter 10: a chapter about myself (search)
ounced so crabbed as to be scarcely worth enucleating. I cannot remember what it was which, soon after this time, led me to the study of Spinoza. I followed this with great interest, and became for a time almost intoxicated with the originality and beauty of his thoughts. While still under his influence I spoke of him to Mr. Bancroft as der unentbehrliche, the indispensable Spinoza. He demurred at this, acknowledged Spinoza's analysis of the passions to be admirable, but assured me that Kant alone deserved to be called indispensable; and this dictum of his made me resolve to become at once a student of the Critique of Pure Reason. I found this at first rather dry, after the glowing and daring flights of Spinoza, but I soon learned to hold the philosopher of Konigsberg in great affection and esteem. I have read extensively in his writings, even in his minor treatises, and having attained some conception of his system, was inclined to say with Romeo: Here I set up my everlastin
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Chapter 13: the Boston Radical Club: Dr. F. H. Hedge (search)
ulture, and to recognize especially within these limits the superstition and intolerance which have been the bane of all religions—this disposition, which was frequently manifested both in the essays presented and in their discussion, offended not only my affections, but also my sense of justice. I had indeed been led to transcend the limits of the old tradition; I had also devoted much time to studies of philosophy, and had become conversant with the works of Auguste Comte, Hegel, Spinoza, Kant, and Swedenborg. Nothing of what I had heard or read had shaken my faith in the leadership of Christ in the religion which makes each man the brother of all, and God the beneficent father of each and all,—the religion of humanity. Neither did this my conviction suffer any disturbance through the views presented by speakers at the Radical Club. Setting this one point aside, I can but speak of the club as a high congress of souls, in which many noble thoughts were uttered. Nobler than any
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Chapter 14: men and movements in the sixties (search)
Thomas Eliot, Governor Boutwell, Mrs. Southworth, Professor Bache,—all these, and many more, were present. They shook hands with me, very cordially, after the lecture. I had announced Practical Ethics as the theme of my lectures, and had honestly written them out of my sense of the lapses everywhere discernible in the working of society. Having accomplished so much, or so little, I desired to go more deeply into the study of philosophy, and, having greedily devoured Spinoza, I turned to Kant, whom I knew only by name. I fed upon his volumes with ever increasing delight and yet endeavored to obey one of his rules, by having a philosophy of my own. Among my later productions was an essay entitled Distinctions between Philosophy and Religion. This was suggested by a passage in one of Spinoza's letters, in which he says to his correspondent, I thought that we were to correspond upon matters of philosophy. I find that instead of these you propose to me questions of religion. On r
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Index (search)
ton, 203. Crawford, Mrs., Thomas. See Ward, Louisa. Cretan insurrection of 1866, Dr. Howe's efforts in behalf of, 312, 313; distribution of clothes to the refugees of, 317-319; bazaar in aid of the sufferers, 320. Critique of Pure Reason, Kant's, 212. Curtis, George William, his opinion of Words for the Hour, 230; writes about Newport, 238; presides at the Unitarian anniversary in 1886, 302; advocates woman suffrage, 378. Cushing, Caleb, 180. Cushman, Miss, Charlotte, 240. Cutleic, friend of Mrs. Howe's brother Samuel, 68. Johnson, Samuel, joint editor of Hymns of the Spirit, 293. Johnston, William P., president of Tulane University, 399. Julian, George W., attends Mrs. Howe's lecture in Washington, 309. Kant, Immanuel, his transcendental philosophy, 146; his Critique of Pure Reason, 212; influence on Mrs. Howe, 310. Kemble, Fanny, story of, 131, 132. Kenilworth, Scott's novel of, play founded on, 57. Kenyon, John, his dinner for the Howes, 108. Ki