Oh my Eva, whose little hour on earth did so much good... what account have I to give for my long years?
Harriet Beecher StoweI am braver than I was because I have lost all; and he who has nothing to lose can afford all risks.
Harriet Beecher StoweAnd, perhaps, among us may be found generous spirits, who do not estimate honour and justice by dollars and cents.
Harriet Beecher StoweGovernments derive their just power from the consent of the governed
Harriet Beecher StoweTags: government
And though it be not so in the physical, yet in moral science that which cannot be understood is not always profitless. For the soul awakes, a trembling stranger, between two dim eternities,—the eternal past, the eternal future. The light shines only on a small space around her; therefore, she needs must yearn towards the unknown; and the voices and shadowy movings which come to her from out the cloudy pillar of inspiration have each one echoes and answers in her own expecting nature.
Harriet Beecher StoweTags: morality mysticism unknown
«It's true, Christian-like or not; and is about as Christian-like as most other things in the world,» said Alfred.
Harriet Beecher StoweTags: christianity virtues irony
«In my opinion, it is you considerate, humane men, that are responsible for all the brutality and outrage wrought by these wretches; because, if it were not for your sanction and influence, the whole system could not keep foothold for an hour. If there were no planters except such as that one,» said he, pointing with his finger to Legree, who stood with his back to them, «the whole thing would go down like a millstone. It is your respectability and humanity that licenses and protects his brutality.»
Harriet Beecher StoweTags: conscience responsibility culpability
It is generally understood that men don't aspire after the absolute right, but only to do about as well as the rest of the world.
Harriet Beecher StoweIn all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are His gift to all alike.
Harriet Beecher StoweTo be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.
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