Mr. Strong’s tribute to the memory of Mary Johnson is very touching. It’s an interesting exercise in influencing the future, since we know he intended his journal to be publication-ready. He might have been thinking of people 150 years (or more) in the future, and wanting them to appreciate the character and charitable works of Mary Johnson.
“Energetically doing good by systematic personal effort” is almost a classical aphorism of a worthy life. If it was in Latin ...