English - Poet | June 20, 1743 - March 9, 1825
The dead of midnight is the noon of thought.
Anna Letitia Barbauld
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When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die!
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The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life.
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But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith.
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We neither laugh alone, nor weep alone, why then should we pray alone?
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The best way for women to acquire knowledge is from conversation with a father, a brother, or a friend, in the way of family intercourse and easy conversation, and by such a course of reading as they may recommend.
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