I remember her now
with the strongest feeling of reverence, affection and gratitude.
In that I say what every other pupil of hers would say. I
do not think she ever knew how much her boys loved her.
In 1876 the Directors of the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia
took steps to have the lives of three or four of the foremost
women of the century that had just passed written as the best
examples of American womanhood for our first century. Mrs.
Schuyler was selected from New York, Mrs. Livermore from
New Hampshire, and Mrs. Randolph from Virginia. Mrs. Ripley
was chosen as the representative of Massachusetts. If anybody
doubt the capacity of the intellect of woman to rival that
of man in any calling requiring the highest intellectual capacity,
without in the least forfeiting any quality of a delicate
womanhood, let him read the "Life of Sarah Ripley."
After her death Mr. Emerson wrote the following notice of
her. It is not found in his collected works.
"Died in Concord, Massachusetts, on the 26th of July, 1867,
Mrs. Sarah Alden Ripley, aged seventy-four years.
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