Wealth was a mere incident. I believe if 

 she had been a daughter of toil her thoughts 

 for others would have been just the same. 

 Her ingenuity was amazing. She never 

 despised little things nor failed to make use 

 of every ad\'antage the occasion offered for 

 helping rich and poor alike. Her power of 

 discernment was so great that when applied 

 to a business problem it divided unerringly 

 the false from the true; and yet this same 

 judgment was available for any one in any 

 emergency and took the very facts of the case 

 and solved the difficulty in its own environ- 

 ment; for her sympathy made it possible 

 for her to understand the poorest woman in 

 her hovel and yet to comprehend the most 

 complex motives of the most subtle action. 



All the experiences of her life seemed to 

 contribute to the strength of her character. 

 There was something almost heroic in her 

 grief. But in proportion to her sorrow was 

 her ability to sympathize with the heart- 

 broken. One of her greatest activities was 

 writing words of comfort to mourning hearts. 

 In the sleepless hours of the night, when pain 

 made it impossible for her to rest, her 

 thoughts turned to the sad and suffering, and 

 out of her own full heart she sent a message 

 of cheer. 



There never seemed any emergency too 

 difficult for her to meet, a situation too deli- 

 cate for her to handle. Her tact and cour- 



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