It is a great mistake to suppose that a woman with no heart… - Harriet Beecher Stowe

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It is a great mistake to suppose that a woman with no heart will be an easy creditor in the exchange of affection. There is not on earth a more merciless extractor of love from others than a thoroughly selfish woman; and the more unlovely she grows, the more jealously and scrupulously she extracts love, to the uttermost farthing.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

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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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