Excerpt from Clara Barton, Humanitarian: From Official Records, Letters, and Contemporary Papers She grew into a painfully bashful, sensitive girl, so much so as to cause her friends grave anxiety. Phre nology was one of the isms of the day and as a matter of routine was investigated by the Barton family. One of the exponents Of the science, Mr. L. W. Fowler, was a guest in the house while giving a course of lectures in Oxford. His advice was sought as to a future course for her; The sensitive nature will always remain, ...
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Excerpt from Clara Barton, Humanitarian: From Official Records, Letters, and Contemporary Papers She grew into a painfully bashful, sensitive girl, so much so as to cause her friends grave anxiety. Phre nology was one of the isms of the day and as a matter of routine was investigated by the Barton family. One of the exponents Of the science, Mr. L. W. Fowler, was a guest in the house while giving a course of lectures in Oxford. His advice was sought as to a future course for her; The sensitive nature will always remain, was his reply, she will never assert herself for herself, she will sufier'wrong first, but for others she will be perfectly fearless. Throw responsibility upon her, give her a school to teach. The accuracy of his estimate of her character the story of her life sustains, especially in the events Of 1900 1904. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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