Woman and Her Era (1864), pt. 2, ch. 1
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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.
— Eliza Farnham
What It Means
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About Eliza Farnham
Eliza Farnham (November 17, 1815 – December 15, 1864) 19th-century American novelist, feminist, abolitionist, and activist for prison reform, her fame as a writer rests upon her work as a nature writer. Life in Prairie Land (1846), an account of life on the Illinois prairie near Pekin between 1836 and 1840.
About Eliza Farnham
Eliza Farnham (November 17, 1815 – December 15, 1864) 19th-century American novelist, feminist, abolitionist, and activist for prison reform, her fame as a writer rests upon her work as a nature writer. Life in Prairie Land (1846), an account of life on the Illinois prairie near Pekin between 1836 and 1840.
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