21 August 1886:
'It is a great effort to me to think of moving; my feeling of desolation makes it difficult for me
to decide on any change, and yet I am always eager to be at work. A passage in Macaulay's
Essay on Atterbury struck me very much the other day. He says: "Grief, which disposes gentle
natures to retirement, to inaction and to meditation, only makes restless spirits more
restless." I am sure this is the case with me, I must be always doing something. My reading,
this past summer, has chiefly been Macaulay's History. It has been of immense interest to me,
but I forget it almost as fast as I read it. My chief time for reading is in the night if I happen
to wake, or in the early morning.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Lady Charlotte Schreiber Print: Book
21 August 1886:
'It is a great effort to me to think of moving; my feeling of desolation makes it difficult for me
to decide on any change, and yet I am always eager to be at work. A passage in Macaulay's
Essay on Atterbury struck me very much the other day. He says: "Grief, which disposes gentle
natures to retirement, to inaction and to meditation, only makes restless spirits more
restless." I am sure this is the case with me, I must be always doing something. My reading,
this past summer, has chiefly been Macaulay's History. It has been of immense interest to me,
but I forget it almost as fast as I read it. My chief time for reading is in the night if I happen
to wake, or in the early morning.'
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Lady Charlotte Schreiber Print: Book
'We are near the end of Macauley's 'History', and it is very entertaining reading.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Fanny Allen Print: Book
