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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Born 1811 in Litchfield · Died 1896 in Hartford

writer, novelist, poet, essayist · United States

Notable works: Uncle Tom's Cabin, A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin, Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp, Still, Still with Thee

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin

From Project Gutenberg e-text #203 (public domain in the USA).

Any mind that is capable of a real sorrow is capable of good.

— Spoken by a character · XXVIII. Reunion

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Scenes of blood and cruelty are shocking to our ear and heart. What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear.

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Dred

From Project Gutenberg e-text #55012 (public domain in the USA).

It is the last triumph of affection and magnanimity, when a loving heart can respect that suffering silence of its beloved, and allow that lonely liberty in which only some natures can find comfort.

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He who glides dreamily down the glassy surface of a mighty river floats securely, making his calculations to row upward. He knows nothing what the force of that seemingly glassy current will be when his one feeble oar is set against the whole volume of its waters.

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