--- title: An Appreciation of Nellie N. Russell — Gleanings from Chinese folklore · full text with trees description: An Appreciation of Nellie N. Russell, «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: By Charles Frederic Goss, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Gleanings from Chinese folklore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/) / An Appreciation of Nellie N. Russell # An Appreciation of Nellie N. Russell An Appreciation of Nellie N. Russell of «Gleanings from Chinese folklore» by Nellie Naomi Russell: the whole text, 24 sentences and 521 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. By Charles Frederic Goss,[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") Her Pastor in Chicago[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") It is common enough to find persons endowed with one, two, or even three of those four great elemental qualities out of which the noblest souls are made—an inviolable conscience, profound intellect, irresistible will, and illimitable affections.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics") But to meet a man or woman having all is as moving as it is uncommon.[4](4/ "tree and pragmatics") Our Nellie Russell had all.[5](5/ "tree and pragmatics") For four years she was an inmate of our home and, during all her remarkable career as a missionary in China, we kept in the closest possible touch with her and her work.[6](6/ "tree and pragmatics") As a result of this intimate acquaintance we learned to look upon her as an unique and even wonderful woman.[7](7/ "tree and pragmatics") Life took hold of her with tremendous power and so did she of life.[8](8/ "tree and pragmatics") To see all things clearly, to feel her solemn responsibility to every soul that crossed her path, to act with decision and determination in every emergency, was as natural for her as to breathe.[9](9/ "tree and pragmatics") Her great dark eyes were at some times like deep wells at the bottom of which truth lay, at others like stars emitting a tender light, and at others like hot coals flashing fires of generous and righteous wrath.[10](10/ "tree and pragmatics") Righteousness never went unpraised nor unrighteousness unrebuked or unscourged by Nellie Russell.[11](11/ "tree and pragmatics") She loved the good and she hated the evil of life with equal ardor.[12](12/ "tree and pragmatics") Her sympathy for those in trouble cost her a sort of agony, her love for her friends was an undying passion.[13](13/ "tree and pragmatics") When she went to China she took its great people into her very heart.[14](14/ "tree and pragmatics") All men, women, and children were brothers and sisters to her, and to spend and be spent for them was a spiritual hunger.[15](15/ "tree and pragmatics") During a memorable week of one of her vacations spent in our summer cottage we were made to marvel at her insight into human nature and into the great problems of life.[16](16/ "tree and pragmatics") As we listened to her modest story of her experience in the siege of Peking, or heard her merry, ringing laugh whenever the ludicrous elements in social intercourse or surroundings appeared; when, in our little motor-boat, we saw her great eyes beam with delight at some fresh form of nature’s loveliness and heard her exclaim with irrepressible enthusiasm as we floated here and there among the islands, “Oh, it is as beautiful as the Orient!” we seemed to be in contact with the very soul of the universe in some peculiar manner.[17](17/ "tree and pragmatics") And when we heard of her death! oh, that was hard indeed\![18](18/ "tree and pragmatics") Again and again we had written her that there was a room in our home reserved for her perpetual use.[19](19/ "tree and pragmatics") It was a cherished hope to have her with us when her work was done, but it was too good and great a hope for realization here.[20](20/ "tree and pragmatics") If this seems like overpraise to you, just let it go at that.[21](21/ "tree and pragmatics") You did not know her, or you did not appreciate her.[22](22/ "tree and pragmatics") We never heard her overpraised\![23](23/ "tree and pragmatics") She has ever been and ever more must be a pure, inspiring presence in our lives.[24](24/ "tree and pragmatics") - ← previous: [Opening](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/1/) - next →: [Nellie N. Russell](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/3/) - ↑ back to [Gleanings from Chinese folklore](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75089/)