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Birds and beasts have in fact our own nature, flattened a semi-tone.
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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Geologist
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Medford
Massachusetts
Lydia Maria Francis Child
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Even if nothing worse than wasted mental effort could be laid to the charge of theology, that alone ought to be sufficient to banish it from the earth, as one of the worst enemies of mankind.
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A human heart can never grow old if it takes a lively interest in the pairing of birds, the reproduction of flowers, and the changing tints of autumn leaves.
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But men never violate the laws of God without suffering the consequences, sooner or later.
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Make people happy and there will not be half the quarreling, or a tenth part of the wickedness there now is.
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An effort made for the happiness of others lifts above ourselves.
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So easy it is to see the errors of past ages, so difficult to acknowledge our own!
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There was a time when all these things would have passed me by, like the flitting figures of a theatre, sufficient for the amusement of an hour. But now, I have lost the power of looking merely on the surface.
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Law is not law, if it violates the principles of eternal justice.
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Home - that blessed word, which opens to the human heart the most perfect glimpse of Heaven, and helps to carry it thither, as on an angel's wings.
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It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means.
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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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I think we have reason to thank God for Abraham Lincoln. With all his deficiencies, it must be admitted that he has grown continually.
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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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Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
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Work! work! that is my unfailing cure for all troubles.
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Not in vain is Ireland pouring itself all over the earth. The Irish, with their glowing hearts and reverent credulity, are needed in this cold age of intellect and skepticism.
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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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Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do.
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Over the river and through the wood, To grandfather's house we go The horse knows the way To carry the sleigh, Through the white and drifted snow.
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Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.
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