A Guide to the Inspirational Message from Marion Harland, February 12, 1886 Harland, Marion, Inspirational Message from 9578-h

A Guide to the Inspirational Message from Marion Harland, February 12, 1886

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The Clifton Waller Barrett Library
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Accession Number 9578-h

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

9578-h

Title

Inspirational Message from Marion Harland, February 12, 1886

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of an untitled AMsS, on 1p.

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Marion Harland inspirational message, 1886, in the Clifton Waller Barrett Library, Accession #9578-h, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This manuscript was purchased from Walter R. Benjamin at P.O. Box 25, 255 Scribner Hollow Road, Hunter N.Y. on July 26, 1995.

Scope and Content Information

The untitled one page message is written on stationery with the address 166 Bedford Avenue, New York. The message speaks of the uniqueness of each individual and each person's call by God to a special work. The message reads in full "Just as surely as not one of the million leaves in the forest is an exact duplicate of another, - as no human face or character is a reproduction of any other that God has made in all the ages, or that He will create in the cycles yet to be born, - just so surely and truly have you a work to perform in the world, a work intended for you to do, and for no one else. You are 'called.' In this marching host there are no paid substitutes, and desertion is high treason."