I constantly felt (as I suppose many an ambitious girl has felt) a thumping from within unanswered by any beckoning from without. (Anna Julia Cooper)

I constantly felt (as I suppose many an ambitious girl has felt) a thumping from within unanswered by any beckoning from without.

Anna Julia Cooper

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