Witness, eternal God! Oh, witness that, from this hour, I will do what one man can to drive out this curse of slavery from my land!
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEThe truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.
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There are in this world two kinds of natures, – those that have wings, and those that have feet, – the winged and the walking spirits. The walking are the logicians; the winged are the instinctive and poetic.
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A woman’s health is her capital.
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People who hate trouble generally get a good deal of it.
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The obstinacy of cleverness and reason is nothing to the obstinacy of folly and inanity.
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Eyes that have never wept cannot comprehend sorrow.
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He who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.
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What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of soul that brings life within the circle of the heroic.
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I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak. I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.
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The heart has no tears to give,–it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence.
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It isn’t mere love and good-will that is needed in a sick-room; it needs knowledge and experience.
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To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.
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My vocation to preach on paper.
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The pain of discipline is short, but the glory of the fruition is eternal.
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there is no independence and pertinacity of opinion like that of these seemingly soft, quiet creatures, whom it is so easy to silence, and so difficult to convince.
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All men are free and equal in the grave, if it comes to that.
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