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... that she could not have supported all that she had to go through if it had not been for the sympathy and companionship of Anna Buxton and other Quaker ladies whom she had roused . 4 1 EMINENT WOMEN OF OUR TIMES SARAH MARTIN.
... that she could not have supported all that she had to go through if it had not been for the sympathy and companionship of Anna Buxton and other Quaker ladies whom she had roused . 4 1 EMINENT WOMEN OF OUR TIMES SARAH MARTIN.
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... sympathy and help had been abundantly bestowed upon the Abolitionist party , and she was of course deeply thank- ful when the Civil War in America ended as it did in the victory of the North , and in the complete abolition of negro ...
... sympathy and help had been abundantly bestowed upon the Abolitionist party , and she was of course deeply thank- ful when the Civil War in America ended as it did in the victory of the North , and in the complete abolition of negro ...
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... sympathy and encouragement . In 1812 she and her cousin William were married . His delight and pride in her during their long married life of nearly fifty years were unbounded . For the first time in her life she now had the daily ...
... sympathy and encouragement . In 1812 she and her cousin William were married . His delight and pride in her during their long married life of nearly fifty years were unbounded . For the first time in her life she now had the daily ...
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... sympathy with the movement for the higher education of women , by bequeathing her mathematical and scientific library to Girton College . It is one of the possessions of which the College is most justly proud . The books are enclosed in ...
... sympathy with the movement for the higher education of women , by bequeathing her mathematical and scientific library to Girton College . It is one of the possessions of which the College is most justly proud . The books are enclosed in ...
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... sympathy . The passionate worship which she bestowed upon her hus- band , the deep love she constantly shows for her children and grandchildren , and the eager sympathy which she ex- tends to every creature on whom the load of suffering ...
... sympathy . The passionate worship which she bestowed upon her hus- band , the deep love she constantly shows for her children and grandchildren , and the eager sympathy which she ex- tends to every creature on whom the load of suffering ...
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