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There is one strong argument in favor of this undertaking. It would not, or ought not to come into collision with any existing societies, or with any missionaries. I ask to have the experiment tried only in Tounghoo, where I know the missionaries would hail it with delight. Some of the great missionary bodies do not wish to send out any single ladies, do not desire the services of ladies, and do not recognize them, either as missionaries, assistant missionaries, teachers, or readers.
It was only a day or two ago that I met a lone widow from the interior of India. She had the language well, was in perfect health, and would gladly lay down her life for the heathen, yet she is called home, simply because she is a widow.