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So easy it is to see the errors of past ages, so difficult to acknowledge our own!
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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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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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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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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Birds and beasts have in fact our own nature, flattened a semi-tone.
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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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The boughs of no two trees ever have the same arrangement. Nature always produces individuals She never produces classes.
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The eye of genius has always a plaintive expression, and its natural language is pathos.
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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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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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a great mind can attend to little things, but a little mind cannot attend to great things.
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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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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 will work in my own way, according to the light that is in me.
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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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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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Law is not law, if it violates the principles of eternal justice.
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Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle voices call him father.
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Reverence is the highest quality of man's nature and that individual, or nation, which has it slightly developed, is so far unfortunate. It is a strong spiritual instinct, and seeks to form channels for itself where none exists thus Americans, in the dearth of other objects to worship, fall to worshiping themselves.
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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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Work! work! that is my unfailing cure for all troubles.
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