Scenes of blood and cruelty are shocking to our ear and heart. What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWETalk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!
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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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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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Dogs can bear more cold than human beings, but they do not like cold any better than we do; and when a dog has his choice, he will very gladly stretch himself on a rug before the fire for his afternoon nap.
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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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If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
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If I am to write, I must have a room to myself, which shall be my room.
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I never thought my book would turn so many people against slavery.
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Intemperance in eating is one of the most fruitful of all causes of disease and death.
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O, what an untold world there is in one human heart!
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My vocation to preach on paper.
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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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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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The greater the interest involved in a truth the more careful, self-distrustful, and patient should be the inquiry.
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He who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.
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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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