I count it a great privilege to have made the acquaintance of so many noble women and men who had passed through such scenes and conquered such difficulties.

They seemed to live in an atmosphere altogether beyond their surroundings.

Many educated families from New England, disappointed in not finding the much talked of bonanzas, were living in log cabins, in solitary places, miles from any neighbors.

But I found Emerson, Parker, Holmes, Hawthorne, Whittier, and Lowell on their bookshelves to gladden their leisure hours.
Miss Anthony and I often comforted ourselves mid adverse winds with memories of the short time we spent under Mother Bickerdyke's hospitable roof at Salina.

There we had clean, comfortable beds, delicious viands, and everything was exquisitely neat.