Margaret Fuller’s Reading Worlds

Gospel of Luke

Biblical Book

Documented in Fuller’s letters, books, notebooks, manuscripts, memoirs

This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.

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1834—

Fragmentary Reading Notes and Autobiographical Reflections

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“Often enough in my youth I had experienced that, in the moments of our uttermost need, a voice cried aloud to us "Physician cure thyself" and how often was I not forced, in bitterness of heart to reply I must tread the winepress alone.”

Fuller, Margaret. "Fragmentary Reading Notes and Autobiographical Reflections." Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Inferred A later pencil annotation identifies this passage as Goethe's.

Fuller quotes a passage attributed to Goethe beginning 'Often enough in my youth I had experienced that, in the moments of our uttermost need, a voice cried aloud to us Physician cure thyself'.

1835—

Poems, Others

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“And when the Lord saw her he had compassion on her and said unto her, Weep not.”

Fuller, Margaret. "Poems, Others." Houghton Library, Harvard University; bMS Am 1086.

Inferred Fuller copies a direct quotation from the Gospel of Luke 7:13–14 (KJV: the raising of the widow of Nain's son) and attributes it explicitly to 'St. Luke.' This passage appears in the context of Keble's 'Burial of the Dead,' which similarly begins with the same Luke 7 narrative as its scriptural epigraph. Title inferred from the cited passage; author-attribution is the New Testament tradition, not a specific person.

1840—

The Letters of Margaret Fuller: Edited by Robert N

quoted2 selected passages
“I am sometimes ready to wish for health as the one thing needful”

Inferred Identification rationale not yet recorded.

“The fatted pig is killed, and was found in good order, not-withstanding your and Richard's evil omens from the character of our prodigal son here.”

Inferred Identification rationale not yet recorded.

Fuller, Margaret. The letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. 6 vols. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1983–1994.

1840—

Defense of Anna

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quoted · readSearch Digital Fuller (page unverified)
“their eyes are holden that they see not”

Fuller, Margaret. "Defense of Anna." Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections; MS Am. 1450; Box: 2, Folder: 90.

Inferred Fuller writes 'their eyes are holden that they see not' — this is a direct quotation from Luke 24:16 KJV ('But their eyes were holden that they should not know him'), the Road to Emmaus narrative. Fuller applies it figuratively to those who fail to perceive Anna's goodness, but the phrasing is a near-verbatim biblical allusion. The KJV Luke 24:16 reads: 'But their eyes were holden that they should not know him.' Fuller's adaptation ('their eyes are holden that they see not') is a near-verbatim quotation applied figuratively to those who misjudge Anna.

1841—

The Letters of Margaret Fuller: Edited by Robert N

quoted
“Your affectionate MAGDALEN I have changed my name for tonight because Cary says this is such a Magdalen letter.”

Fuller, Margaret. The letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. 6 vols. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1983–1994.

1843—

The Letters of Margaret Fuller: Edited by Robert N

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“Happy the prodigal son who returns!”

Fuller, Margaret. The letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. 6 vols. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1983–1994.

1844—

Summer on the Lakes

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“the penitence of the Magdalen does from the glowing earthliness of her charms”

Fuller, Margaret. Summer on the Lakes, in 1843. Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1844.

1844—

The Letters of Margaret Fuller: Edited by Robert N

quoted2 selected passages
“it would be joyful and like the hour of Elizabeth and Mary.”

Inferred Identification rationale not yet recorded.

“So if Jesus came here, he would not find all unjust stewards.”

Fuller, Margaret. The letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. 6 vols. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1983–1994.

1844—

Knights of Sub Rosa

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2 selected passagesManuscript page
“Though their hearts within them burned / The flame rose not till he returned.”

Inferred No author or title is named; both are Inferred.

“They knew the secret of the sacred oil / Which, poured upon the prophet's head, / Could keep him wise and pure for age”

Inferred Identification rationale not yet recorded.

Fuller, Margaret. "Knights of Sub Rosa." Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections; MS Am. 1450; Box: 3, Folder: 138.

1844—

New-York Daily Tribune

“Christmas” · December 25, 1844, December 1844
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“The subject of this picture was Christ teaching the doctors.”

Inferred Identification rationale not yet recorded.

“When shall we read of banquets prepared for the halt, the lame, and the blind, on the day that is said to have brought their Friend into the world?”

Inferred The author and title of the source are inferred.

Fuller, Margaret. Life Without and Life Within; or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and Poems. Edited by Arthur B. Fuller. Boston: Brown, Taggard and Chase, 1860.

1845—

The Letters of Margaret Fuller: Edited by Robert N

quoted2 selected passages
“I feel chosen among women.”

Inferred Identification rationale not yet recorded.

“Do you remember that night last summer when we fell asleep on the bed and we were like Elizabeth and Mary.”

Inferred Identification rationale not yet recorded.

Fuller, Margaret. The letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. 6 vols. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1983–1994.

1845—

New-York Daily Tribune

“Appeal for Asylum for Discharged Female Convicts” · June 19, 1845, June 1845 · p. 1
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“It is a true Lazarus establishment, asking for the crumbs that fall from the rich man's table.”

Fuller, Margaret. Life Without and Life Within; or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and Poems. Edited by Arthur B. Fuller. Boston: Brown, Taggard and Chase, 1860.

Inferred Fuller's phrase "Lazarus establishment, asking for the crumbs that fall from the rich man's table" alludes to the Parable of Lazarus and the Rich Man (Luke 16:20–21, KJV: "And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, laid at his gate [...] desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table").