#sought

If anyone thinks he has no responsibilities, it is because he has not sought them out. ↗

— Mary Lyon

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If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power. ↗

— Harriet Martineau

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#condition #half #none #other #over

I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies - whose factions I sought to quell - whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim - whose freedom has been my fatal dream. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

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#been #bid #birth #country #death