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Distinguished Women

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Day
17
Month
May
Year
1878
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Public Domain
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History abounds in narratives of women who have flistinguished themselves in every vocation of Jife. They have attainec the highest reach of knowledge, and have aecomplished the most daricg feats o valor. Is it a question of intellect? Le Hypatia, who was the most successful teacher in the school of Alexandria in lts palniiest days, who was the grertest philosopher of her age, who was the most eloquent orator among many rivals, who was far more learned than the profoundest of her eradito conteniporaries - let Hypatia answer. But not Hypafia only, for there have beon many as able and learned as she. Was not Clotilda Tambroni, even in this century, Professor of Greek at Bologna, and the ablest Hellenist in Italy ? Dr. Johnson told them that Mrs. Elizabeth Carter was the best Greek scholar in England. Madame Dacier rivaled the most learned scliolars of hor time. Caroline Herschei assisted her brother Williiim in his astronomical labors, made for him somo of his most laborious calculations, and enriched science with many valuable contributions. Had not Mrs. Somerville also acquiied emiuent distinction in the same abotruse and difficult study ? The untortunate and crring Madame de Cuatelet translated the " Principia V into French, and was not less lewned tuan sho was elegant. Anna Maria Schuman spoke LatiD, Greek, Hebrew, and the chief modern languages, was well versed in the Syriac, Chaldaic, Arabic and Ethiopic, and liad mastered all the sciences taught in her 8ge. The learned Spanheini. Yossius and Salmasis were her correspondente. There has been no grand epocli of human conflict that has not given birth to its extraordinary woman - to its Anno Askew, its Joan of Are, its Agostiuia, its Charlotte Corday, its Madame Roland, its Florence Nightiugale. A Boadicca was the brightest name in early history. Semeramis was the mightiest sovereign of her line; and in the Hebrew records the greatest of all the Judges, the one that was never censured by priest ór propljot, was Deborah, the mother-of Isiael. These were the most brilliant stars; bnt tiiere were a thousand more of scarcely inferior splendon The names of Bewan and La Chapelle stood as high in professional estimation as those of any male professors of the obstetric art.

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Michigan Argus