July 12, 1880. The School of Philosophy at Concord has built a shanty for it meetings, but it is a shanty to be proud of for it is exactly adapted to its needs . . . .The rain began to come down soon after we entered and my philosophy was not sufficient to keep me from the knowledge that I had no rubbers ad no umbrella.
People often do not realize those whom Maria Mitchell knew. She was friendly and friends with many of these people associated with the School of Philosophy. She did have her opinions about it however – as I think comes through in her noting that her mind was more on the rain. She would tell a friend that she thought not much great “Philosophy” actually happened but that, “. . . As a social gathering of cultivated people it has been a great success.” It was here she would re-engage with her friends – Lousia May Alcott, Elizabeth Peabody, Rose Hawthorne, and so many more.
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