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In education, in marriage, in religion, in everything, disappointment is the lot of women. It shall be the business of my life to deepen this disappointment in every woman’s heart until she bows down to it no longer.

Lucy Stone

I was a woman before I was an abolitionist. I must speak for the women.
LUCY STONE

Abortion Empowerment Myself Support Women
It is time we gave man faith in woman — and, still more, woman faith in herself.
LUCY STONE

Faith Man Self Love Time Women Women Empowerment
I expect some new phases of life this summer, and shall try to get the honey from each moment.
LUCY STONE

Expectation Life Moments Myself Phase Summer
I expect to plead not for the slave only, but for suffering humanity everywhere. Especially do I mean to labor for the elevation of my sex.
LUCY STONE

Expectation Humanity Myself Slave Suffering
I believe that the influence of woman will save the country before every other power.
LUCY STONE

Believe Country Influence People Save Woman
It is very little to me to have the right to vote, to own property, etc., if I may not keep my body, and its uses, in my absolute right
LUCY STONE

Absolute Body Myself Right Vote
I know not what you believe of God, but I believe He gave yearnings and longings to be filled, and that He did not mean all our time should be devoted to feeding and clothing the body
LUCY STONE

Believe Body Devotion Food God Himself Longing Myself Time Yearning
In education, in marriage, in religion, in everything, disappointment is the lot of women. It shall be the business of my life to deepen this disappointment in every woman’s heart until she bows down to it no longer.
LUCY STONE

Business Disappointment Education Heart Life Marriage Religion Women
Make the world better.
LUCY STONE

Better One Liner World
The great majority of women are more intelligent, better educated, and far more moral than multitudes of men whose right to vote no man questions.
LUCY STONE

Better Greatness Intelligence Literate Majority Moral Right Smart Vote
Our victory is sure to come, and I can endure anything but recreancy to principle.
LUCY STONE

Endurance Principle Victory
Christianity … that musty old theology, which already has its grave clothes on, and is about to be buried… A wall of Bible, brimstone, church and corruption has hitherto hemmed women into nothingness.
LUCY STONE

Atheist Bury Clothes Corruption Grave Women
Every new truth has its birth-place in a manger, lives thirty years, is crucified, and then deified.
LUCY STONE

Deny Live Manager Place Truth
The politician is the creature of the public sentiment — never goes ahead of it because he depends on it . . .
LUCY STONE

Aware Creature Depend Fact Politician Public Right Sentiment Support True
The idea of equal rights was in the air.
LUCY STONE

Air Equality Ideas Right
Now all we need is to continue to speak the truth fearlessly, and we shall add to our number those who will turn the scale to the side of equal and full justice in all things.
LUCY STONE

Fearless Justice Need Ourselves Result Speak Truth

In education, in marriage, in religion, in everything, disappointment is the lot of women. It shall be the business of my life to deepen this disappointment in every woman’s heart until she bows down to it no longer.

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