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Thomas Wentworth Higginson was an American author, editor, and social activist known for his advocacy of women's rights, abolitionism, and socialism. His works spanned poetry, novels, essays, and criticism, with his most famous work being the autobiographical novel 'My Life and Times'. Higginson's writing style was influenced by both Romanticism and Realism.

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Famous Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes

“In ancient Boeotia brides were carried home in vehicles whose wheels were burned at the door, in token, that they would never again be needed.”

Home Doors Needed Ancient Wheels Vehicle Burned Brides Tokens

Book:Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays

Source: Women and the Alphabet A Series of Essays

“Lavish thousands of dollars on your baby clothes, and after all the child is prettiest when every garment is laid aside. That becoming nakedness, at least, may adorn the chubby darling of the poorest home.”

May Children Home Nature Baby Becoming Clothes Dollars Darling Garments Poorest Prettiest

Book:Oldport Days

Source: Oldport Days

“Travelers find virtue in a seeming minority in all other countries, and forget that they have left it in a minority at home.”

Country Home Left Forget Virtue Travel Minorities Other Countries Traveler Seeming

Book:The Sympaty of Religions

Source: The Sympaty of Religions

“To be really cosmopolitan a man must be at home even in his own country.”

Men Country Home Country Love

Book:Short Studies of American Authors

Source: Short Studies of American Authors

About the Author

Born: December 22, 1823
Died: May 9, 1911
Known for: Author
Quotes: 38

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