Show L w1 MEMORIAL 0 Frances Power Cobbe I had the honor of being personally acquainted with this lady of rare worth In public life she was a Power indeed which in no way detracted de-tracted from her amiability in social life I think the idea a mistaken one that strongminded women must of necessity be unamiable The stronger the mind the better able to practice self control which is a nece lily to good order both in the family circle and in the wider range of public pub-lic life Frances Power Gobbe was a grand woman Her soul was in keeping with its fleshy habilisment built on a large plan Her arguments argu-ments as i public speaker were clear and forcible I heard her epeak in London directly following a member of Parliament John Bright The thought took root in my mind then why should not this woman beaM be-aM P when both by eloquence and power in speaking she has surpassed her predecessor Her first and most important work in literature was an Essay on Institute Morale published pub-lished in 1855 Her Cities of the Past was written during a long and solitary journey through Egypt Syria and Greece She occupied an advanced ad-vanced liberal position in religion I was a pastime with her to reduce the theory of religion to metaphysics One of her cotemporaries says of her She was an unflinching advocto ol I women o Thus alone proves her grandeur of nature I is the noble womau who admires superiority in bar own sex and stimulates it by every effort she is capable of making When all women learn thia gust truth happiness will become more universal among them for envy and jealousy will receive their deathblow Consequently hell will be put out and the millennium ushered in In closing let me express a wish that from toe ashes of Frances Power Cobba may rise a legion of women who ebal emulate her worthy example ex-ample CHARLOTTE IVES GODBE |