Julia Ward Howe quotes - page 3

The blind must not only be fed and housed and cared for; they must learn to make thir lives useful to the community. (Julia Ward Howe)
Marriage, like death, is a debt we owe to nature. View quote
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I sometimes think God allows Great Britain to be unprincipled for the good of mankind. View quote
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Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions. View quote
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The frozen ocean... of Boston life. View quote
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Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom. View quote
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He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat. Oh! be swift my soul to answer him, be jubilant my feet! Our God is marching on. View quote
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I was born 'neath a clouded star. View quote
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I only hope you may be able not only to listen, but also to hear me. Your charity must multiply my small voice and do some such miracle as was done when the loaves and fishes fed the multitude in the ancient tune which has just been spoken of. View quote
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I think nothing is religion which puts one individual absolutely above others, and surely nothing is religion which puts one sex above another. Religion is primarily our relation to the Supreme, to God himself. It is for him to judge; it is for him to say where we belong, who is highest and who is not; of that we know nothing. And any religion which will sacrifice a certain set of human beings for the enjoyment or aggrandizement or advantage of another is no religion. It is a thing which may be allowed, but it is against true religion. Any religion which sacrifices women to the brutality of men is no religion. View quote
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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. We question every feature of what we see, think, and feel. We try every link of the chain and find it sound if we ourselves are sound. This power of remotest question and assent is not of to-day nor yesterday. It transcends all bounds of time and space. It weighs the sun, explores the pathway of the stars, and writes, having first carefully read, the history of earth and heaven. It moves in company with the immortals. How much of it is mortal? Only so much as a small strip of earth can cover. These remains are laid away with reverence, having served their time. But what has become of the wonderful power which made them alive ? It belongs to that in nature which cannot die. (Julia Ward Howe)