Creative Quotations from . . .
Sarah Josepha Hale
(1788-1879) born on Oct 24
US "journalist, author, poet". "She was the author of "Mary had a Little Lamb," and the first woman magazine editor in the U.S."
 
   
F
There is no influence so powerful as that of the mother, but next in rank in efficacy is that of schoolmaster."

R
"There is something in the decay of nature that awakens thought, even in the most trifling mind."
A
In this age of innovation perhaps no experiment will have an influence more important on the character and happiness of our society than the granting to females the advantages of a systematic and thorough education.
N
. . . rights are liable to be perverted to wrongs when we are incapable of rightly exercising them.
K
"She was a weak woman - too highly elated in prosperity, too easily depressed by adversity - not considering that both are situations of trial . . . ."


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "Editorial in "The Ladies' Magazine," 1828."
R: ""A Winter in the Country," in "Sketches of American Character," 1829."
A: "Editorial in "The Ladies' Magazine," 1828."
N: "Editorial in "Godey's Lady's Book," Jan 1850."
K: ""Walter Wilson," in "Sketches of American Character," 1829."



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