It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong; the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means. (Lydia Maria Child)

It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong; the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means.

Lydia Maria Child

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