Mary! Mary! My dear, let me reason with you. I hate reasoning, John, — especially reasoning on such subjects. There's a way you political folks have … - Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Mary! Mary! My dear, let me reason with you.
I hate reasoning, John, — especially reasoning on such subjects. There's a way you political folks have of coming round and round a plain right thing; and you don't believe in it yourselves, when it comes to practice. I know you well enough, John. You don't believe it's right any more than I do; and you wouldn't do it any sooner than I.

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About Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe (14 June 1811 – 1 July 1896) was an American abolitionist and writer, most famous as the author of the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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Birth Name: Elizabeth Harriet Beecher
Native Name: Harriet Beecher
Alternative Names: Christopher Crowfield • Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe • Enrieta Elizabeth Beecher Stowe • Harriet Elizabeth Beecher • Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe • Harriet Elizabeth Beecher-Stowe
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Charles Dickens George Eliot Nathaniel Hawthorne Victor Hugo E. M. Forster

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But it is often those who have least of all in this life whom He chooseth for the kingdom. Put thy trust in Him and no matter what befalls thee here, He will make all right hereafter.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin · August 5, 1999 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance
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