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Talent and worth are the only eternal grounds of distinction. To these the Almighty has affixed His everlasting patent of nobility. Knowledge and goodness,--these make degrees in heaven, and they must be the graduating scale of a true democracy.

Catharine Sedgwick

I wonder if Eve could write letters in Paradise! But, poor Eve, she had no one to write to - no one to whom to tell what Eden was, no beloved child to whom her love traveled through any or all space. Poor Eve!

Catharine Sedgwick

Catharine Sedgwick

Catharine Sedgwick

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Born: December 28, 1789

Died: July 31, 1867 (aged 77)

Bio: Catharine Maria Sedgwick, was an American novelist of what is sometimes referred to as "domestic fiction". She promoted Republican motherhood.

Known for:

Clarence: or, A tale of our own times (1822)
Married Or Single? (1857)
Letters from abroad to kindred at home (1841)

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