MEMOIRS OF MARGARET FULLER OSSOLI VOL. I. * * * * * Only a learned and a manly soul I purposed her, that should with even powers The rock, the spindle, and the shears control Of Destiny, and spin her own free hours. BEN JONSON. Però che ogni diletto nostro e doglia Sta in si e nò saper, voler, potere; Adunque quel sol può, che col dovere Ne trae la ragion fuor di sua soglia. Adunque tu, lettor di queste note, S' a te vuoi esser buono, e agli altri caro, Vogli sempre poter quel che tu debbi. LEONARDO DA VINCI BOSTON: PHILLIPS, SAMPSON AND COMPANY. MDCCCLVII. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, BY R.F. FULLER, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. Stereotyped by HOBART & ROBBINS; NEW ENGLAND TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY BOSTON. TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR VOLUME FIRST. I. YOUTH. AUTOBIOGRAPHY PARENTS DEATH IN THE HOUSE OVERWORK THE WORLD OF BOOKS FIRST FRIEND SCHOOL-LIFE SELF-CULTURE II. CAMBRIDGE, _By J.F. Clarke_ FRIENDSHIP CONVERSATION.--SOCIAL INTERCOURSE STUDIES CHARACTER.--AIMS AND IDEAS OF LIFE III. GROTON AND PROVIDENCE. LETTERS AND JOURNALS SAD WELCOME HOME OCCUPATIONS MISS MARTINEAU ILLNESS DEATH OF HER FATHER TRIAL BIRTH-DAY DEATH IN LIFE LITERATURE FAREWELL TO GROTON WINTER IN BOSTON PROVIDENCE SCHOOL EXPERIENCES PERSONS ART FANNY KEMBLE MAGNANIMITY SPIRITUAL LIFE FAREWELL TO SUMMER IV. CONCORD, _By R.W. Emerson_ ARCANA DÆMONOLOGY TEMPERAMENT SELF-ESTEEM BOOKS CRITICISM NATURE ART LETTERS FRIENDSHIP PROBLEMS OF LIFE WOMAN, OR ARTIST? HEROISM TRUTH ECSTASY CONVERSATION V. BOSTON, _By R.W. Emerson_ CONVERSATIONS ON THE FINE ARTS YOUTH. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. * * * * * "Aus Morgenduft gewebt und Sonnenklarheit Der Dichtung Schleir aus der Hand der Wahrheit." GOETHE. "The million stars which tremble O'er the deep mind of dauntless infancy." TENNYSON. "Wie leicht ward er dahin gefragen, Was war dem Glücklichen zu schwer! Wie tanzte vor des Lebens Wagen Die luftige Begleitung her! Die Liebe mit dem süssen Lohne, Das Glück mit seinem gold'nen Kranz, Der Ruhm mit seiner Sternenkrone, Die Wahrheit in der Sonne Glanz." SCHILLER What wert thou then? A child most infantine, Yet wandering far beyond that innocent age, In all but its sweet looks and mien divine; Even then, methought, with the world's tyrant rage A patient warfare thy young heart did wage, When those soft eyes of scarcely conscious thought Some tale, or thine own fancies, would engage To overflow with tears, or converse fraught With passion o'er their depths its fleeting light had wrought.' SHELLE