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56 mentioned in her journal her fears whether or not this publicity, and the evident respect paid her by the people in power in the City, might not develop worldly pride or self-exaltation in her. Highly-toned and pure as her spirit was, it shrank from any strain of self-seeking or pride. Only such a spirit could have conceived such a work of usefulness; only such an one could endure the inevitable repulsion which attends such work among the degraded, and conquer.