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A New England Girlhood, Outlined from Memory (Beverly, MA)
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Lucy Larcom
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Whenever
she
was
not
occupied
with
her
work
or
her
reading,
or
with
looking
after
us
younger
ones,--two
or
three
hours
a
day
was
all
the
time
she
could
call
her
own,--she
was
sure
to
be
away
on
some
errand
of
friendliness
or
mercy.
Those
who
do
most
for
others
are
always
those
who
are
called
upon
continually
to
do
a
little
more,
and
who
find
a
way
to
do
it.
People
go
to
them
as
to
a
bank
that
never
fails.
And
surely,
they
who
have
an
abundance
of
life
in
themselves
and
who
give
their
life
out
freely
to
others
are
the
only
really
rich.
Two
dollars
a
week
sounds
very
small,
but
in
Emilie's
hands
it
went
farther
than
many
a
princely
fortune
of
to-day,
because
she
managed
with
it
to
make
so
many
people
happy.
But
then
she
wanted
absolutely
nothing
for
herself;
nothing
but
the
privilege
of
helping
others.
I
seem
to
be
eulogizing
my
sister,
though
I
am
simply
relating
matters
of
fact.
I
could
not,
however,
illustrate
my
own
early
experience,
except
by
the
lives
around
me
which
most
influenced
mine.
And
it
was
true
that
our
smaller
and
more
self-centred
natures
in
touching
hers
caught
something
of
her
spirit,
the
contagion
of
her
warm
heart
and
healthy
energy.
For
health
is
more
contagious
than
disease,
and
lives
that
exhale
sweetness
around
them
from
the
inner
heaven
of
their
souls
keep
the
world
wholesome.
I
tried
to
follow
her
in
my
faltering
way,
and
was
gratified
when
she
would
send
me
to
look
up
one
of
her
stray
children,
or
would
let
me
watch
with
her
at
night
by
a
sick-bed.
I
think
it
was
partly
for
the
sake
of
keeping
as
close
to
her
as
I
could--though
not
without
a
sincere
desire
to
consecrate
myself
to
the
Best--that
I
became,
at
about
thirteen,
a
member
of
the
church
which
we
attended.
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