They were talking Russian, French, German, and English, and yet mourning over their need of education; and in general education, especially in that of women, I think we must be in advance of them.
"One of these sisters, forgetting my ignorance, said something to me in Russian.

The other laughed.

'What did she say ?' I asked.

The eldest replied, 'She asked you to take her back with you, and educate her.' 'But,' I said, 'you read and speak your languages--the learning of the world is open to you--found your own college!' And the young girl leaned back on the cushions, drew her mantle around her, and said, 'We have not the energy of the American girl!' "The energy of the American girl! The rich inheritance which has come down to her from men and women who sought, in the New World, a better and higher life.
"When the American girl carries her energy into the great questions of humanity, into the practical problems of life; when she takes home to her heart the interests of education, of government, and of religion, what may we not hope for our country! London, 1873.

"It was the 26th of August, and I had no hope that Miss Cobbe could be at her town residence, but I felt bound to deliver Mrs.
Howe's letter, and I wished to give her a Vassar pamphlet; so I took a cab and drove; it was at an enormous distance from my lodging--she told me it was six miles.