Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; f… - Lydia Maria Child

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Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel’s face. Every man deems that he has precisely the trials and temptations which are the hardest of all others for him to bear; but they are so, simply because they are the very ones he most needs.

Lydia Maria Child

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Lydia Maria Child (11 February 1802 – 7 July 1880) was an American abolitionist, women's rights activist, opponent of U.S. expansionism, Indian rights activist, novelist, and journalist.

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Birth Name: Lydia Maria Francis

Alternative Names: Lydia Maria Francis Child • L. Maria Child

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