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Title
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The journal of John Woolman
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Contributor(s)
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Woolman, John (author), Whittier, John Greenleaf (author), (author)
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Publisher
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J.R. Osgood
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Date
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1873
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Notes
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315 p. ;, OCMH1: O.C. | No. 4025 | Alcove E | Shelf 101 ;, OCMH2: Y-59/26 ;, MARGINALIA: [Flyleaf] Remarks by J.H. Noyes [John Humphrey Noyes] Wallingford April 19, 1875 | In reading the Life of John Woolman—a | book that Henry Ward Beecher recommended in his | trial—I find that there is a great deal in it that | is childish, and that our people would laugh at, | but I think it is a book well worth reading—for | two things at least. One thing as a study of char- | acter—Quaker character. This John Woolman | is a pure Quaker—probably as good a specimen | of a Quaker "waiting on the motions of the Spirit," as | you can anywhere find—A more model Quaker | than George Fox himself. Then there is running through | the whole of the book a principle that I wish our | people would all study and lay to heart— | especially, our financiers and money men. It is this; | If we would live in a plain simple way—reduce | our wants to a true standard—avoid things that | are really unnecessary and unhealthy in diet, clothing | and equipments of all kinds—stick to a simple true good taste we would not need to work near as hard | as we do. The burden of life—the great labor and | toil of mankind is to provide themselves with lux- | uries—things that are unnecessary. The true way | to make our ends meet, and live comfortably in | regard to money matters, is not to stir ourselves | up to enterprise and enthusiasm for making | money so much, as it is to reduce our wants | and desires—keep low and simple. I | don't know but that philosophy may be | carried too far, but I like it pretty well. | I think the Community needs it. This John | Woolman carried it to a wonderful extreme | that is really laughable—but he persevered | and carried it through. All folks laughed at him in his own generation, and | folks will now that read the book with | superficial feelings; but after all, that man | moved the world, and is moving it now. | I do not commend him as a model spiritual | character. There is a great deal of legality | about him, but I recommend people not to | dispise the man, but learn what they can | from him. ; [Text Block] [Manuscript list of specific pages and topics on verso of page 315.] ;
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PID
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oneLib:2483
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Identifier
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oneLib:2483, citekey: 1855, http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001424812