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very characteristic reason: she blamed Bertha’s
struggle to save the remainder of her fortune
for her mother’s sake, ‘for,’ said she, ‘when a
woman has given herself to a man, she must not
hesitate to sacrifice her fortune to him to the
last penny.’
This criticism was just like her, for she was
in the highest degree individual in her
judgment of literary matters. If the thoughts and
sentiments of the work agreed with her own,
she felt inclined to praise it, though it might be
of small literary value. On the other hand, if
the author shocked her by his views, she would
scarcely admit any merit in his production.
In spite of these prejudices, her views on life
were very large, such as we find only in the
most superior minds of our time. She was
perfectly free from conventional and
commonplace opinions. Her strong dash of genius, and
her wide culture, raised her high over the narrow
horizon within which traditional views keep most
minds prisoned. Her only limitations were those
of her strong sympathies and antipathies, which
braved all logic and argument.
Our intercourse this first time did not last
long, and did not as yet develop into intimate
friendship, because I started on a long journey
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