American - Activist | May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910
I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.
Julia Ward Howe
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While your life is the true expression of your faith, whom can you fear?
LifeFearFaithYouTrueExpression
Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.
HappyPeopleDesertLovingPlace
Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.
JusticeBalanceViolenceSwordBlood
God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature.
NatureGodMeWrongForgiveArdor
The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.
PenSwordNeedNeedsStrokesMuch
The blind must not only be fed and housed and cared for; they must learn to make thir lives useful to the community.
CommunityBlindLearnMustOnlyFed
Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom.
WisdomMeHumanDivineIngenuity
I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past.
FearFutureHappinessPastKnowWhy
Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions.
WomenRuleMassachusettsTooAdhere
I take refuge in my books.
TakeBooksRefuge
I sometimes think God allows Great Britain to be unprincipled for the good of mankind.
GoodGodGreatThinkSometimes
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