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“The human face is the organic seat of beauty.... It is the register of value in development, a record of Experience, whose legitimate office is to perfect the life, a legible language to those who will study it, of the majestic mistress, the soul.”
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Eliza Farnham
Source : Eliza Wood Farnham (1864). “Woman and Her Era”, p.107
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#Soul Quotes
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“The ultimate aim of the human mind, in all its efforts, is to become acquainted with Truth.”
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Eliza Farnham
Source : Eliza Wood Farnham (1864). “Woman and Her Era”, p.9
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“Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them.”
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Eliza Farnham
Source : Eliza Wood Farnham (1864). “Woman and Her Era”, p.122
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#Grace Quotes
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“Our own theological Church, as we know, has scorned and vilified the body till it has seemed almost a reproach and a shame to have one, yet at the same time has credited it with power to drag the soul to perdition.”
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Eliza Farnham
Source : "Woman and Her Era". Book by Eliza Farnham, pt. 1, ch. 1, 1864.
#Soul Quotes
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#Body Quotes
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