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“What are Raphael's Madonnas but the shadow of a mother's love, fixed in permanent outline forever?”

Quote by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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. more

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