Yet, by men in this country, as by the Jews, when Moses was… - Margaret Fuller

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Yet, by men in this country, as by the Jews, when Moses was leading them to the promised land, everything has been done that inherited depravity could do, to hinder the promise of Heaven from its fulfilment. The cross, here as elsewhere, has been planted only to be blasphemed by cruelty and fraud.

Margaret Fuller

Woman in the Nineteenth Century · January 26, 1999 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli (23 May 1810 – 19 June 1850) was an American author, journalist, critic and women's rights activist. She, her husband, and their child all died at the end of a five week voyage from Europe in a shipwreck just off of Fire Island.

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Birth Name: Sarah Margaret Fuller

Alternative Names: Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli • Margaret Fuller Ossoli

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