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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.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Age: 85 †
Born: 1811
Born: June 14
Died: 1896
Died: July 1
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Christopher Crowfield
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe
Enrieta Elizabeth Beecher Stowe
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Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe
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God has always been to me not so much like a father as like a dear and tender mother.
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God washes the eyes by tears unil they can behold the invisible land where tears shall come no more.
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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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Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.
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I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.
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To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.
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