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Law is not law, if it violates the principles of eternal justice.
Lydia M. Child
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Lydia M. Child
Age: 78 †
Born: 1802
Born: January 1
Died: 1880
Died: January 1
Activist
Geologist
Journalist
Novelist
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Medford
Massachusetts
Lydia Maria Francis Child
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Yours for the unshackled exercise of every faculty by every human being.
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A reformer is one who sets forth cheerfully toward sure defeat.
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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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I keep working because I am quite sure that no particle of goodness or truth is ever really lost, however appearances may be to the contrary.
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Work! work! that is my unfailing cure for all troubles.
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