Julia Ward Howe

I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

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I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

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God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

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I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

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Beneath all differences of doctrine or discipline there exists a fundamental agreement as to the simple, absolute essentials in religion. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

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Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

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Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

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How utterly are one's best thoughts invaded by this going out in society. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

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I never could be good when I was not happy. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

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I sometimes think God allows Great Britain to be unprincipled for the good of mankind. ↗

— Julia Ward Howe

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