"For honesty is before honor; and though man must write his poems in sounding words, God's poems are printed best in the brave and silent duties of common life."
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Poets from ScotlandNovelists from ScotlandWomen's rights activistsAutobiographers from ScotlandAnarcho-pacifists
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Reported in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895) by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 388.
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Isabella Fyvie Mayo
Isabella Fyvie Mayo (10 December 1843 – 13 May 1914) was a Scottish poet, and novelist who also wrote under the pen name Edward Garrett.
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