Only one thing more on this head. The more we are in
earnest as to feeling it, the less we are disposed to hold forth about
it. Never abandon the wholesome practice of saying your own private
prayers, night and morning. I have never abandoned it myself, and I
know the comfort of it. I hope you will always be able to say in after
life that you had a kind father. You cannot show your affection for
him so well, or make him so happy, as by doing your duty.
CHARLOTTE BRONTE
(1816-1855)
THE COUNTRY PARSON'S DAUGHTER
Mrs. Gaskell's "Life of Charlotte Bronte" is one of the great
biographies of literature, but like other works on the same theme, it
is really a history of the Bronte family during the period of
Charlotte's life. The individuals of this family were for many years
as closely associated with one another as they were closely hidden from
the outside world. The personality of each was influenced by its
house-mates to an unusual degree. They studied each other and they
studied every book that came within reach. Themselves they knew well:
the world, through books only. This probably accounts for the weird
and even morbid character of much of their work.
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