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Her husband requested she would read, and she determined to read; her husband wished her to talk, and she resolved to talk. ... Then she had the habit into which your poor conversationalists usually fall, namely, asking questions.

— Sarah Josepha Hale

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Oh! wondrous power, how little understood,
Entrusted to the Mother's mind alone
To fashion genius, form the soul for good,
Inspire a West, or train a Washington!

What a ready passport wealth gives its possessor to the good opinions of this world!

A man is never more self satisfied than when he is confirming a favorite theory.

Woman's empire, holier, more refined,
Moulds, moves and sways the fall'n but God-breathed mind,
Lifting the earth-crushed heart to hope and heaven.

What has made this nation great? Not its heroes, but its households.

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