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I find no intellect comparable to my own

Margaret Fuller

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Margaret Fuller
Age: 40 †
Born: 1810
Born: May 23
Died: 1850
Died: July 19
Autobiographer
Critic
Essayist
Feminist
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Philosopher
Reporter
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Cambridge
Massachusetts
Sarah Margaret Fuller
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Put up at the moment of greatest suffering a prayer, not for thy own escape, but for the enfranchisement of some being dear to thee, and the sovereign spirit will accept thy ransom.
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After having admired the women of Rome, say to yourself, 'I too am beautiful!' ... In you I met a real person. I need not give you any other praise.
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Art can only be truly art by presenting an adequate outward symbol of some fact in the interior life.
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Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved.
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Some degree of expression is necessary for growth, but it should be little in proportion to the full life.
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