“There is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up, and beams, and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.”

—  Washington Irving , book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.

"The Wife".
Source: The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon (1819–1820)

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writer, historian and diplomat from the United States 1783–1859

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