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Education keeps the key of life; and a liberal education insures the first conditions of freedom, namely, adequate knowledge and accustomed thought.

— Julia Ward Howe Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)

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Arise, then, Christian women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be that of water or of tears!

Mother's Day Proclamation (1870)

Life passes, but the conditions of life do not.

Beyond the Veil (1910)

Charity is an unending self-discipline which always looks and leads towards the eternal affection. Therefore, its triumph shall be lasting and everlasting.

The Walk With God (1919)

Any religion which sacrifices women to the brutality of men is no religion.

What is Religion? (1893)

Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.

The Walk With God (1919)

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There is no governor anywhere; you are all absolutely free. There is no restraint that cannot be escaped.

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