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Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician

CHAPTER I
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But who could describe that wondrous blending of loving strength and lovable weakness of a true woman's character?
You feel its beauty and sublimity, and if you attempt to give words to your feeling you produce a caricature.
The three sisters of Frederick all manifested more or less a taste for literature.

The two elder sisters, Louisa (who married Professor Jedrzejewicz, and died in 1855) and Isabella (who married Anton Barcinski--first inspector of schools, and subsequently director of steam navigation on the Vistula--and died in 1881), wrote together for the improvement of the working classes.

The former contributed now and then, also after her marriage, articles to periodicals on the education of the young.

Emilia, the youngest sister, who died at the early age of fourteen (in 1827), translated, conjointly with her sister Isabella, the educational tales of the German author Salzmann, and her poetical efforts held out much promise for the future..


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