Quote#World
Let the hearts of the women of the world respond to the song of the…
Quote byFrances Ellen Watkins Harper · 1825–1911
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Woman's Political Future" Speech (1893).
English (original)
Let the hearts of the women of the world respond to the song of the herald angels of peace on earth and good will to men. Let them throb as one heart unified by the grand and holy purpose of uplifting the human race, and humanity will breathe freer, and the world grow brighter. With such a purpose Eden would spring up in our path, and Paradise be around our way.
— Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
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