So subtle is the atmosphere of opinion that it will make itself felt without words.
Harriet Beecher StoweThe greater the interest involved in a truth the more careful, self-distrustful, and patient should be the inquiry.
Harriet Beecher StoweO, because I have had only that kind of benevolence which consists in lying on a sofa, and cursing the church and clergy for not being martyrs and confessors. One can see, you know, very easily, how others ought to be martyrs.
Harriet Beecher Stowe