I find, by close observation, ...

I find, by close observation, that the mothers are the levers which move in education. The men talk about it . . . but the women work most for it.
 Frances Harper

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Every mother should endeavor to be a true artist.
 Frances Harper
So close is the bond between man and woman that you can not raise one without lifting the other. The world can not move ahead without woman's sharing in the movement, and to help give a right impetus to that movement is woman's highest privilege.
 Frances Harper
a towering intellect, grand in its achievements, and glorious in its possibilities, may, with the moral and spiritual faculties held in abeyance, be one of the most dangerous and mischievous forces in the world.
 Frances Harper