Julia Ward Howe
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"Julia Ward Howe" was a prominent United States/American Abolitionism in the United States/abolitionist, activism/social activist, poet, and the author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".

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I am confirmed in my division of human energies. Ambitious people climb, but faithful people build.

Oh! be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet!/ Our God is marching on.

When I see the elaborate study and ingenuity displayed by women in the pursuit of trifles, I feel no doubt of their capacity for the most herculean undertakings.

Disarm, disarm. The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.

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.

Every life has its actual blanks, which the ideal must fill up, or which else remain bare and profitless forever.

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.