Fenimore Cooper

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    The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity.
    —James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851)

    On like the wind they hurried, and Morgan rode in advance;
    Bright were his eyes like live coals, as he gave me a sideways
    glance;
    And I was just breathing freely, after my choking pain,
    When the last one of the troopers suddenly drew his rein.
    —Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840–1894)

    Agnosticism has nothing to impart. Its sermons are the exhortations of one who convinces you he stands on nothing and urges you to stand there too.
    —Anna Julia Cooper (1859–1964)