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Happiness consists not in having much, but in wanting no more than you have.
Lydia M. Child
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Lydia M. Child
Age: 78 †
Born: 1802
Born: January 1
Died: 1880
Died: January 1
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Medford
Massachusetts
Lydia Maria Francis Child
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It is my mission to help in the breaking down of classes, and to make all men feel as if they were brethren of the same family, sharing the same rights, the same capabilities, and the same responsibilities. While my hand can hold a pen, I will use it to this end and while my brain can earn a dollar, I will devote it to this end.
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Woman stock is rising in the market. I shall not live to see women vote, but I'll come and rap on the ballot box.
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We first crush people to the earth, and then claim the right of trampling on them forever, because they are prostrate.
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Birds and beasts have in fact our own nature, flattened a semi-tone.
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Love is the divine quality that everywhere produces and restores life. To each and every one of us, it gives the power of working miracles if we will.
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Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
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Thy treasures of gold Are dim with the blood of the hearts thou hast sold Thy home may be lovely, but round it I hear The crack of the whip, and the footsteps of fear.
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a great mind can attend to little things, but a little mind cannot attend to great things.
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