, which was not discovered until 1825, and which the most
earnest of his eulogists, not even Channing, we believe, seems to have
noted. Than these intrepid words, Christian heroism cannot further go.
Would that there were time to speak of his works in their various
departments, especially those in the departments of education, social
morals, and religion.
No name stands above his among the leaders in the great cause of
education. None surpass him in the power with which he defended the mind
of woman from the impoverishing and distorting systems prevalent in his
day, and by his example and pen taught parents to educate their daughters
in a manner that should rebuke vanity and deceit, and blend grace with
utility. None went before him in knowledge of the art of taming obstinate
boyhood into tenderness, and with all modern improvements our best
teachers may find in his works a mine of knowledge and incentive both in
their tasks of instruction and discipline.
In social morals he was a great reformer; not, indeed, so remarkable for
being engrossed with some favorite innovation, as for urging the constant
need of applying Christian truth and duty to every social institution.
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