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I believe that no man who holds a leader's position should ever accept favors from either side. He is then committed to show favors. A leader must stand alone.

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That is, the wife must care for what the husband cares for if he is to remain resolute.

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I preferred sewing to bossing little children.

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I learned in the early part of my career that labor must bear the cross for others' sins, must be the vicarious sufferer for the wrongs that others do.

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My teachers treated me as a diamond in the rough, someone who needed smoothing.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Activist

Born: August 1st, 1837

Died: November 30th, 1930

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