"Oh! wondrous power, how little understood, Entrusted to the Mother's mind alone To fashion genius, form the soul for good, Inspire a West, or train a Washington!"
— Sarah Josepha Hale

January 1, 1970

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"The Empire of Woman", sec. 3; Three Hours; or, The Vigil of Love: and Other Poems (1848), p. 90