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Show Left Record of Good Deeds. One of the nlnetouth century worn en who was considered a radical In her tlmo wns Amalle Sleveklng, a native na-tive of Hamburg, born of n wealthy and cultured family. She taught Just becauso she loved to tench, and wroto two bookB, called "Commentaries on tho Illblc," which provoked great die trust of her In conservative circles When an epidemic of cholera broke out In Hamburg sho offered to servo In tho pest hospital, and thereafter her life wnB Identified with social work of vnrlous kinds Sho hnd ad vanced Ideas about housing, about ameliorating tho condition of the poor, and about hospital service, all of which were reflected In tho philanthropic philan-thropic work that sho carried on until un-til her dentil In 1859 |