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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!

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Eyes Flower Humble Immortal Soul Weakness
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.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Kind Logic Nature Poetry Walk Wings World
No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Compare Home Reading Room Yourself
So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn’t somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Beautiful Old Wake Up Woman Young
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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Animal Deal Father Heaven Ourselves Remember
The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
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Action Bitter Grave Tears
People who hate trouble generally get a good deal of it.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Deal Goodness Hate People Trouble
There are griefs which grow with years.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Grief Growth Time
It isn’t mere love and good-will that is needed in a sick-room; it needs knowledge and experience.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Experience Goodness Knowledge Love Need Sick
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!
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Beautiful Chance Fresh Glory Immortal Man
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 STOWE

Blood Cruelty Heart Man Nerve
It is generally understood that men don’t aspire after the absolute right, but only to do about as well as the rest of the world.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Man Right Understand World
Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Capability Goodness Mindset Reality Sorrow
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 STOWE

Drive Forever Land Man Myself Slave
The greater the interest involved in a truth the more careful, self-distrustful, and patient should be the inquiry.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Care Greatness Patience Trust Truth
Self respect is impossible without liberty.
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Impossible Liberty Respect
One 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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Alone Learning Live Ourselves People Responsibility Science
If you destroy delicacy and a sense of shame in a young girl, you deprave her very fast.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Delicate Destroy Fast Girl Shame Woman Young
The 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.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Country Deep Exotic Fancy Passion Rich World
Love is very beautiful, but very, very sad.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Beautiful Love Sadness
To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Far Perfection Respect Worth
Of course, in a novel, people’s hearts break, and they die and that is the end of it; and in a story this is very convenient. But in real life we do not die when all that makes life bright dies to us.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Breathe Bright Death End Heart Broken Life Novel Reality Story
The longest way must have its close – the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Close Morning Night Way
If we let our friend become cold and selfish and exacting without a remonstrance, we are no true lover, no true friend.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Cold Friendship Love Selfish True
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.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Herself Introduction Moments Order Place Woman
When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you couldn’t hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that ‘s just the place and time that the tide’ll turn.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Give Up Hold Place Time Yourself
Friendships are discovered rather than made.
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE

Bond Build Discover Friendship