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 STOWEDogs 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.
More Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
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Praise is sunshine; it warms, it inspires, it promotes growth; blame and rebuke are rain and hail; they beat down and bedraggle, even though they may at times be necessary.
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There are griefs which grow with years.
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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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Let us never doubt everything that ought to happen is going to happen.
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My vocation to preach on paper.
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All men are free and equal in the grave, if it comes to that.
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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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General rules will bear hard on particular cases.
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I never thought my book would turn so many people against slavery.
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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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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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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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Money is a great help everywhere; – can’t have too much, if you get it honestly.
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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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