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This is Heloise at her most passionate. But the letters are interrupted by long and tedious disquisitions concerning 'the order, and with these Abelard's answers are concerned. One cannot help wishing that the correspondence had taken place before their days of penitence. Now there are a few drops of pure wine to a great deal of water, and one is necessarily tantalised.
Abelard died in 1142, and Heloise twenty years later. There is a beautiful legend that when Heloise was laid in the same tomb the arms of Abelard opened to receive her. So that even death could not choke the faithful and tormenting flame which burned in the hearts of these two, who take rank among the great lovers of the world.



This section comprises articles showing how women may help in all branches of religious work. All the principal charities will be described, as well as home and foreign missions. The chief headings are:
Missionaries Zenana Missions Home Missions, etc. Great Leaders of Religious Thought
Charities
How to Work for Great
Charities Great Chariiy Organisations Local Charities, etc. The Women of the Bible
Bazaars
How to Manage a Church
Bazaar What to Make for Baraars Garden Bazaars, etc. How to Manage a Sunday-school
 
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