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Harriet Beecher Stowe

All places where women are excluded tend downward to barbarism; but the moment she is introduced, there come in with her courtesy, cleanliness, sobriety, and order.
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Herself Introduction Moments Order Place Woman
O, what an untold world there is in one human heart!
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Heart Human Told World
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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Kind Logic Nature Poetry Walk Wings World
The world has been busy for some centuries in shutting and locking every door through which a woman could step into wealth, except the door of marriage.
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Busy Exception Marriage Woman World
There is more done with pens than with swords.
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Inspirational Strength Sword Weapon Writing
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
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Action Bitter Grave Tears
The longest way must have its close – the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.
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Close Morning Night Way
In the gates of eternity the black hand and the white hand hold each other with equal clasp.
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Black Equality Forever Grasp Hands
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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Circle Goodness Greatness Ordinary Quality Soul View
Home is a place not only of strong affections, but of entire unreserve; it is life’s undress rehearsal, its backroom, its dressing room.
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Affection Home Place Room Strong
Half the misery in the world comes of want of courage to speak and to hear the truth plainly and in a spirit of love.
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Courage Love Misery Spirit Truth World
Many a humble soul will be amazed to find that the seed it sowed in weakness, in the dust of daily life, has blossomed into immortal flowers under the eye of the Lord.
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Eyes Flower Humble Immortal Soul Weakness
Common sense is seeing things as they are; and doing things as they ought to be.
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Action Education Right See
People who hate trouble generally get a good deal of it.
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Deal Goodness Hate People Trouble
There are griefs which grow with years.
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Grief Growth Time
There are two classes of human beings in this world: one class seem made to give love, and the other to take it.
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Class Generosity Human Love World

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