![]() ![]() ![]() Use of her "sweeper," is not the least beautifulįeature in her life. With which she gave up her own pleasure in the ![]() Him, not for herself, and the unconscious self-denial "minded the heavens" for her brother she worked for But the pleasure of seeking and finding for herself was scarcely tasted. Sweeper" given to her by her brother, she discoveredĮight comets first and last. Own account, for with the "seven-foot Newtonian Might have become a distinguished woman on her With all her heart and with all her strength. She loved him, and believed in him, and helped him, She kept him alive by herĬare thinking nothing of herself, she lived for him. She stood beside his telescope in the nights of mid-winter, to write down his observations, when the very She became his assistant in the workshop she helped him to grind and polish his mirrors Mysteries, to be able to commit to writing the results of Methods of calculation, which to those unlearned seem By sheer force of will and devotedĪffection, she learned enough of mathematics and of She became his helper and assistant when he gave himself up to astronomy. She had been his helper andĪssistant in the days when he was a leading musician Himself to astronomy, it was owing to her thrift andĬare that he was not harassed by the rankling vexations of money matters. He gave up a lucrative career that he might devote She stood beside her brother, William Herschel, Of this noble company of unknown helpers Caroline Themselves, they have all an intense power of sympathy, a noble love of giving themselves for the service of others, which enables them to transfuse theįorce of their own personality into the object to which Seeking nothing for themselves, thinking nothing of Unwavering faith in the individual or in the cause. These helpers and sustainers, men or women, haveĪll the same quality in common – absolute devotion and When all the world seems adverse to desert. Help and to strengthen those called upon to be leadersĪnd workers, inspiring them with courage, keepingįaith in their own idea alive, in days of darkness, They have been women, who have given themselves to Sometimes these helpers have been men, sometimes There always is, and always has been, some humanīeing in whose life their roots have been nourished. Helper of whom the outside world knows but little. Great men and great causes have always some ![]()
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