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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!

— Julia Ward Howe Mother's Day Proclamation (1870)

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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)

The reason which placed the stars, the sense of proportion which we recognize in the planetary system, finds its correspondence in this brain of ours.

Beyond the Veil (1910)

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal.

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