Julia Ward Howe Quotes

All the sugar was in the bottom of the cup.

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

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Julia Ward Howe ( HOW; May 27, 1819 – October 17, 1910) was an American author and poet, known for writing the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" as new lyrics to an existing song, and the original 1870 pacifist Mothers' Day Proclamation. She was also an advocate for abolitionism and a social activist, particularly for women's suffrage.

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me As He died to make men holy let us die to make men free While God is marching on.

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

Mine eyes have seen the coming of the glory of the Lord.

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

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.

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

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored: He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His tru...