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to illustrate the line of argument adopted by Miss Stephen in her 

 work on the "Service of the Poor," because they show that as in one 

 aspect the lady visitor may be said to be a link behveen rich and 

 poor, in another she helps to blend the "religious" life with the 

 " secular" and in both does service of extreme value to the Church 

 and Nation. "A record only too brief of some of the real por- 

 traits of humanity, painted by a pencil, tender indeed and sympa- 

 thetic, but with too clear a sight, too ready a sense of humour, and 

 too conscientious a spirit ever to exaggerate, extenuate, or aught set 

 dozvn in malice" GUARDIAN. 



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