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The language of the face is not taught by the schools it is intuitive, and to the observant is always legible.

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Julia Ward Howe
Age: 91 †
Born: 1819
Born: May 27
Died: 1910
Died: October 17
Activist
Lyricist
Peace Activist
Poet
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Suffragette
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New York City
New York
Julia Ward
Mrs. Samuel Gridley Howe
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Every fallen woman represents a man as guilty as herself, who escapes human detection, but whose soul lies open before God.
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Life is like a cup of tea, the sugar is all at the bottom!
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He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat. Oh! be swift my soul to answer him, be jubilant my feet! Our God is marching on.
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I sometimes think God allows Great Britain to be unprincipled for the good of mankind.
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In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
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We, women of one country, Will be too tender of those of another country To allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.
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