g. Every fact and figure connected
with the undertaking had been impressed upon an inexorable memory.
Nothing now escaped her. She detected every financial error, and every
departure from her original aims and objects. She saw what grave
difficulty lay in the fact that since the death of Levy no manager had
been appointed who had any special interest in the blind. She feared
that the work of her whole life would be ignored; and that there would
be no higher aim than to keep open a shop and carry on a trade.
Oppressed by this fear, she made one last appeal, one final effort, on
behalf of those whom she had loved and served for so long.

The address to the Committee, bearing date Whit Monday 1882, may be
looked upon as her last will and testament. Internal evidence shows that
it was in that light she herself looked upon it, and that she
endeavoured to sum up in one short statement, which recapitulates the
most important points in the early rules of the Association, the result
of a lifetime of work, thought, experience, and devotion.

THE ASSOCIATION FOR PROMOTING THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE BLIND

WHITMONDAY, _29th May 1882._

This title should always be borne in mind by those managing the
Association, as it clearly indicates the scope of the undertaking.
Trade is a most necessary and essential part of the work; and the
more sure the foundation upon which the trade is carried on the
better will be the security for its prosperity; but trade is by no
means the most important part of the undertaking, and indeed it is
my earnest desire that the Association should never under any
circumstances become a mere trading institution. This would be a
great falling off from the original scope and object with which
this Association was founded. I wish those who may be at any time
entrusted with the management of the Association always to remember
that it is open to them to do everything they can, that is likely
to promote the welfare of the blind. The particular directions in
which this may be done will often be clearly indicated by the
circumstances of the Association, and by opportunities which may
arise at any given time. Still, certain fixed principles should
always be kept in view, as laid down in our rule No. 2, "That the
immediate objects of this Association shall be to afford employment