Mary Corinna Putnam

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    ... my whole existence is governed by abstract ideas.... the ideal must be preserved regardless of fact.
    —Mary Corinna Putnam (1842–1906)

    The back meets the front.
    Hawaiian saying no. 2650, ‘lelo No’Eau, collected, translated, and annotated by Mary Kawena Pukui, Bishop Museum Press, Hawaii (1983)

    ... my whole existence is governed by abstract ideas.... the ideal must be preserved regardless of fact.
    —Mary Corinna Putnam (1842–1906)

    Men, you are all marksmen—don’t one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes.
    —Israel Putnam (1718–1790)