A Vision
Healthy vs. unhealthy modes of living
The narrator has a vision of two female spirits that represent the ideal of a natural and healthy life.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria
Godey's Lady's Book [edited by Sarah Josepha Hale] (August 1842) pp. 97-99.
1842
D. Gussman
Collected in Catharine Sedgwick, Tales and Sketches, Second Series, 321-30, New York: Harper & Bros., 1844; collected in Catharine Sedgwick, The Irish Girl and Other Tales, 129-38, London: Kent & Richards, and Edinburgh: J. Menzies, 1850.
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Was it Providence?
God's will vs. human agency in relation to physical health and well-being.
The narrator provides several examples of people who died, and questions whether their deaths should be attributed to God's will or human actions.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria [by Miss Sedgwick].
The Mayflower, [edited by Elizabeth Oakes Smith], 278-80.
Boston: Saxton & Kelt
1847 [pub. 1846]
D. Gussman
Excerpted from Chapter V: "Health a Talent" in Sedgwick's Means and Ends; or Self-Training. By the Author of "Redwood," "Hope Leslie," "Home," "Poor Rich Man," &c. Boston: Capen, Lyon, & Webb, 1839, pp. 39-42.
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