The Eleventh Hour in the Life of Julia Ward Howe
The Eleventh Hour in the Life of Julia Ward Howe
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She rose at seven; in her youth and middle age she took a cold bath, in later years the bath was tepid — well or ill, it was never omitted. During the last twenty years, that great fourth score so rich in happiness to herself and her family, and that greater family of hers, the Public, she took a little light wine with her dinner, " for her stomach's sake, " as she would say, quoting St. Paul. This, with a cup of tea for breakfast, was the only stimulant she needed, for her spirits were so buoy...- ant, her temperament so overflowing 49 JULIA WARD HOWE with the joie de vivre, that we called her the " family champagne. " Break- fast with us was a social meal; there was always conversation and much laughter for she came down in the morning with her spirits at their highest level. She slept about eight hours. Until her seventieth year I never knew her to lie down in the daytime, unless she was suffering with headache. The first part of that seventieth year was not a good time for her. More hearty healthy people are killed every year by the sentence: " The days of our years are threescore years and ten, " than by any four diseases you like to name.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
She rose at seven; in her youth and middle age she took a cold bath, in later years the bath was tepid — well or ill, it was never omitted. During the last twenty years, that great fourth score so rich in happiness to herself and her family, and that greater family of hers, the Public, she took a little light wine with her dinner, " for her stomach's sake, " as she would say, quoting St. Paul. This, with a cup of tea for breakfast, was the only stimulant she needed, for her spirits were so buoy...- ant, her temperament so overflowing 49 JULIA WARD HOWE with the joie de vivre, that we called her the " family champagne. " Break- fast with us was a social meal; there was always conversation and much laughter for she came down in the morning with her spirits at their highest level. She slept about eight hours. Until her seventieth year I never knew her to lie down in the daytime, unless she was suffering with headache. The first part of that seventieth year was not a good time for her. More hearty healthy people are killed every year by the sentence: " The days of our years are threescore years and ten, " than by any four diseases you like to name.
What to read after The Eleventh Hour in the Life of Julia Ward Howe?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Maud Howe Elliot to read onlineMoreLess
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