Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWEThe Negro is an exotic of the most gorgeous and superb countries of the world, and he has deep in his heart a passion for all that is splendid, rich and fanciful.
More Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
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He who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.
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General rules will bear hard on particular cases.
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I make no manner of doubt that you threw a very diamond of truth at me, though you see it hit me so directly in the face that it wasn’t exactly appreciated, at first.
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My vocation to preach on paper.
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In the gates of eternity the black hand and the white hand hold each other with equal clasp.
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Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!
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The heart has no tears to give,–it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence.
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So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words.
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I never thought my book would turn so many people against slavery.
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No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.
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The greater the interest involved in a truth the more careful, self-distrustful, and patient should be the inquiry.
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The literature of a people must so ring from the sense of its nationality; and nationality is impossible without self-respect, and self-respect is impossible without liberty.
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So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn’t somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.
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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
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People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first. Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.
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