Original (English)

Dedication To a certain handful of dear New England women of names unknown to the world, dwelling in a certain quiet village, alike unknown:— We have worked together to make our little corner of the great universe a pleasanter place in which to live, and so we know, not only one another’s names, but something of one another’s joys and sorrows, cares and burdens, economies, hopes, and anxieties. We all remember the dusty uphill road that leads to the green church common.  We remember the