Quote#Children
It was this tenderness of hers that led us, after she had gone, to…
Quote byAnnie Besant · 1847–1933
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Annie Besant: An Autobiography (1893).
English (original)
It was this tenderness of hers that led us, after she had gone, to found the "H.P.B. Home for little children," and one day we hope to fulfil her expressed desire that a large but homelike Refuge for outcast children should be opened under the auspices of the Theosophical Society. Chapter XIV Through Storm to Peace
— Annie Besant
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