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.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEOne part of the science of living is to learn just what our own responsibility is, and to let other people’s alone.
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All men are free and equal in the grave, if it comes to that.
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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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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
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General rules will bear hard on particular cases.
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Let us never doubt everything that ought to happen is going to happen.
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Let us resolve: First, to attain the grace of silence; second, to deem all fault finding that does no good a sin; third, to practice the grade and virtue of praise.
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O, with what freshness, what solemnity and beauty, is each new day born; as if to say to insensate man, “Behold! thou hast one more chance! Strive for immortal glory!
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Intemperance in eating is one of the most fruitful of all causes of disease and death.
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Why don’t somebody wake up to the beauty of old women?
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We should remember in our dealings with animals that they are a sacred trust to us from our Heavenly Father. They are dumb and cannot speak for themselves.
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The longest way must have its close – the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.
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Sweet souls around us watch us still, press nearer to our side; Into our thoughts, into our prayers, with gentle helpings glide.
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If you were not already my dearly loved husband I should certainly fall in love with you.
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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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My vocation to preach on paper.
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