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The flag of our stately battles, not struggles of wrath and greed:
Its stripes were a holy lesson, its spangles a deathless creed;
'Twas red with the blood of freemen, and white with the fear of the foe,
And the stars that fight in their courses 'gainst tyrants its symbols know.
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me;
As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on.
From this Parliament let some valorous, new, strong, and courageous influence go forth, and let us have here an agreement of all faiths for one good end, for one good thing — really for the glory of God, really for the sake of humanity from all that is low and animal and unworthy and undivine.
What is Religion? (1893)
From the bosom of the devastated earth a voice goes up with our own. It says: "Disarm, disarm! The sword of murder is not the balance of justice." Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession. As men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil at the summons of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel.
Mother's Day Proclamation (1870)
Don’t trouble more to celebrate this natal day of mine,
But keep the grasp of fellowship which warms us more than wine.
Let us thank the lavish hand that gives world beauty to our eyes,
And bless the days that saw us young, and years that make us wise.
Here I am, in Quaker surroundings, whose restful simplicity is most congenial to me. I feel here the earnest desire for genuine growth and culture which founds a slow but sure success. I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.
The Walk With God (1919)
The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.
Attributed
Every life has its actual blanks, which the ideal must fill up, or which else remain bare and profitless forever.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
The broken eggshell of a civilization which time has hatched and devoured.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
The language of the face is not taught by the schools; it is intuitive, and to the observant is always legible.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Every newly discovered truth judges the world, separates the good from the evil, and calls on faithful souls to make sure of their election.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Education keeps the key of life; and a liberal education insures the first conditions of freedom, namely, adequate knowledge and accustomed thought.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Familiarity so dulls the edge of perception as to make us least acquainted with things forming part of our daily life.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Politeness induces morality. Serenity of manners requires serenity of mind.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
The greatest evils of society are goods that have refused to go on, but have sat down on the highway, saying to the world, “We stop here; do you stop also.”
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
The reason why education is usually so poor among women of fashion is, that it is not needed for the life which they elect to lead.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Many a woman will pass for elegant in a ballroom, or even at a court drawing room, whose want of true breeding would become evident in a chosen company.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
When I behold the passion for ornamentation, and the corresponding power, I feel as if women had so far shown what they are bad for, rather than what they are good for.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
When I see the elaborate study and ingenuity displayed by woman in the pursuit of trifles, I feel no doubt of their capacity for the most herculean undertakings.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
In Virgil’s account of the good housewife, who rises early in order to measure out the work of the household, and in Solomon’s description of the thrifty woman of his time, one sees the value set upon feminine industry and economy in times far removed from our own.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)