On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, John D. Giorgis wrote:
> SUMMARY:
> The book begins with a quote from Margaret Fuller, describing how she
> seeks to have "every path laid open to women" so as to release "divine
> energy" and create "a ravishing harmony of spheres."
> NOTES:
> -Can someone identify Margaret Fuller, the source of the opening quote?
The section in the back of my dictionary with biographical entries merely
says she was an American author, critic and reformer, born in 1810, died
in 1850.
My copy of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (published in 1955, the
Centennial Edition) has several quotes from her, none of them the quote
beginning the novel. I find the first quote of hers in there interesting:
"I myself am more divine than any I see."
I don't expect I have any more about her in the house. I hope someone
else can tell us more.
Julia
