I know not why there is such a melancholy feeling attached to the remembrance of past happiness, except that we fear that the future can have nothing so bright as the past.
Julia Ward HoweI think nothing is religion which puts one individual absolutely above others, and surely nothing is religion which puts one sex above another.
Julia Ward HoweI shall stick to my resolution of writing always what I think no matter whom it offends.
Julia Ward HoweAs men have often forsaken the plough and the anvil at the summons of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet first, as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead. Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means whereby the great human family can live in peace.
Julia Ward Howe