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I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past.

- Julia Ward Howe

Future, Past, Remembrance, Attached

The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.

- Julia Ward Howe

Need, Needs, Strokes, Sword

I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.

- Julia Ward Howe

People, Am, Confirmed, Energies

God forgive me if I do wrong in following with ardor the strongest instincts of my nature.

- Julia Ward Howe

Nature, Forgive, Wrong, Instincts

Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.

- Julia Ward Howe

Blood, Possession, Disarm, Dishonor

Massachusetts women as a rule adhere too strongly to old-time conventions.

- Julia Ward Howe

Massachusetts, Too, Strongly, Adhere

I sometimes think God allows Great Britain to be unprincipled for the good of mankind.

- Julia Ward Howe

Think, Mankind, Britain, Unprincipled

Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom.

- Julia Ward Howe

Me, General, Substitution, Ingenuity

I was born 'neath a clouded star.

- Julia Ward Howe

Star, Born, I Was Born, Clouded

Beneath all differences of doctrine or discipline there exists a fundamental agreement as to the simple, absolute essentials in religion.

- Julia Ward Howe

Agreement, Beneath, Absolute, Doctrine

When the unwelcome little unborn shall have seen the light my brain will be lightened, and I shall have a clearer mind. Thank God that even this weary nine months shall come to an end and leave me in possession of my own body and my own soul.

- Julia Ward Howe

Nine, Unborn, Nine Months, Clearer

Boston is an oasis in the desert, a place where the larger proportion of people are loving, rational and happy.

- Julia Ward Howe

Boston, Larger, Oasis, Rational

How utterly are one's best thoughts invaded by this going out in society.

- Julia Ward Howe

Thoughts, How, Utterly, Invaded

I shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends.

- Julia Ward Howe

Think, Always, I Think, Offends

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

Blind, Cared, Fed, Useful

Marriage, like death, is a debt we owe to nature.

- Julia Ward Howe

Nature, Death, Like, Owe

While your life is the true expression of your faith, whom can you fear?

- Julia Ward Howe

Faith, True, Expression, Whom

The frozen ocean... of Boston life.

- Julia Ward Howe

Life, Ocean, Boston, Frozen

I take refuge in my books.

- Julia Ward Howe

Books, Take, Refuge

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