“This love and thought and care for those weaker, poorer, or worse than ourselves, which we call Christian charity, is a very old fashion, my dear. It began eighteen hundred years ago, and only those who honestly follow the beautiful example set us then, learn how to get genuine happiness out of life. I’m not a ‘rampant woman’s rights reformer,’
An Old-Fashioned Girl
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Louisa May Alcott
