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The book our mothers read

THE BOOK OUR MOTHERS READ

I was first introduced to John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) when I was in high school.  He was a Quaker, native to New England, an abolitionist and a poet.  We read one of his many works, and it was called The Book Our Mothers Read.  It has only eight lines, but those eight lines contain the wisdom of the ages.  This is what Whittier writes: “We search the world for truth; we cullThe good, the pure, the beautiful,From graven stone and written scroll,From all old flower-fields...

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