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Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

American historian known for her work in the fields of gender history and early American history. Born on July 11, 1938, Ulrich graduated from Harvard University and earned a Ph.D. from Yale University. Her book 'Good Wives: Image and Reality in the Lives of Women in Northern New England, 1630-1830' won the Pulitzer Prize in 1982. more

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“You are carrying a masterpiece hidden within you, but you are standing in the way. Just move aside, then the masterpiece will be revealed. Everyone is a masterpiece, because God never gives birth to anything less than that. Everyone carries that masterpiece hidden for many lives, not knowing who they are and just trying on the surface to become someone. Drop the idea of becoming someone, because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it. God himself has created you; you cannot be improved.”

“Ages elapsed ere Homer's lamp appear'd, And ages ere the Mantuan swan was heard: To carry nature lengths unknown before, To give a Milton birth, ask'd ages more.”