“The pencil moved prophetic: together now men read
In the fair book of nature, and find the hope they need.
The wreath woven by the river is by the seaside worn,
And one of fate's best arrows to its due mark is borne.”

—  Margaret Fuller

Life Without and Life Within (1859), Prophecy and Fulfilment

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American feminist, poet, author, and activist 1810–1850

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