Twenty years at Hull-house, with autobiographical notes . at it finallycame about that in June, 1888, five years aftermy first visit in East London, I found myself atToynbee Hall equipped not only with a letter ofintroduction from Canon Fremantle, but withhigh expectations and a certain belief that what- 88 TWENTY YEARS AT HULL-HOUSE ever perplexities and discouragement concerningthe life of the poor were In store for me, I shouldat least know something at first hand and havethe solace of daily activity. I had confidence thatalthough life itself might contain many difiiculties,the period of me
Twenty years at Hull-house, with autobiographical notes . at it finallycame about that in June, 1888, five years aftermy first visit in East London, I found myself atToynbee Hall equipped not only with a letter ofintroduction from Canon Fremantle, but withhigh expectations and a certain belief that what- 88 TWENTY YEARS AT HULL-HOUSE ever perplexities and discouragement concerningthe life of the poor were In store for me, I shouldat least know something at first hand and havethe solace of daily activity. I had confidence thatalthough life itself might contain many difiiculties,the period of mere passive receptivity had come toan end, and I had at last finished with the ever-lasting preparation for life, however ill-preparedI might be. It was not until years afterward that I came uponTolstoys phrase the snare of preparation, whichhe insists we spread before the feet of young people,hopelessly entangling them in a curious inactivityat the very period of life when they are longingto construct the world anew and to conform it totheir own
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