“Genius hath electric power
Which earth can never tame,
Bright suns may scorch and dark clouds lower,
Its flash is still the same.”

— Lydia Maria Child

Marius amid the Ruins of Carthage

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American abolitionist, author and women's rights activist 1802–1880

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