Elizabeth Barrett

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    When our two souls stand up erect and strong,
    Face to face, silent, drawing nigh and nigher,
    Until the lengthening wings break into fire
    Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)

    I consider women a great deal superior to men. Men are physically strong, but women are morally better.... It is woman who keeps the world in balance.
    Mrs. Chalkstone, U.S. suffragist. As quoted in History of Woman Suffrage, vol. 2, ch. 16, by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage (1882)

    “Yes,” I answered you last night,
    “No,” this morning, Sir, I say.
    Colours seen by candle-light,
    Will not look the same by day.
    —Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)