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James Russell Lowell on Women

1819–1891 United States

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Earth’s noblest thing, — a woman perfected.

Laborin' man an' laborin' woman
Hev one glory an' one shame;
Ev'y thin' thet's done inhuman
Injers all on 'em the same.

The Biglow Papers (1848)

She doeth little kindnesses
Which most leave undone, or despise.

'T was kin' o' kingdom-come to look
On sech a blessed cretur.

The Biglow Papers (1848)

To say why gals acts so or so,
Or don't, 'ould be persumin';
Mebby to mean yes an' say no
Comes nateral to women.

The Biglow Papers (1848)

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