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Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896) [Not one throb of anguish...]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05508.238 Author/Creator: Stowe, Harriet Beecher (1811-1896) Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut Type: Autograph quotation signed Date: 24 September 1895 Pagination: 1 p. 26.3 x 12.7 cm Order a Copy

A quote from chapter 12 of Uncle Tom's Cabin: "Not one throb of anguish/ Not one tear of the opposed/ is forgiven by the Man of Sorrows/ the Lord of Glory/ In his patient generous bosom/ He bears the anguish of a world."

Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896

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