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 STOWENever give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
More Harriet Beecher Stowe Quotes
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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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There are griefs which grow with years.
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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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If you destroy delicacy and a sense of shame in a young girl, you deprave her very fast.
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The longest way must have its close – the gloomiest night will wear on to a morning.
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Friendships are discovered rather than made.
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I never thought my book would turn so many people against slavery.
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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.
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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.
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Scenes of blood and cruelty are shocking to our ear and heart. What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear.
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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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Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!
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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 is more done with pens than with swords.
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So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words.
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