Author: Alice Morse Earle

Quotes

From the hour when the Puritan baby opened his eyes in bleak New England, he had a Spartan struggle for life.

From the hour when the Puritan baby opened his eyes in bleak New England, he had a Spartan struggle for life.

- Alice Morse Earle

Every sea-captain who sailed to the West Indies was expected to bring home a turtle on the return voyage for a feast to his expectant friends.

Every sea-captain who sailed to the West Indies was expected to bring home a turtle on the return voyage for a feast to his expectant friends.

- Alice Morse Earle

It is heartrending to read the entries in many an old family Bible - the records of suffering, distress, and blasted hopes.

It is heartrending to read the entries in many an old family Bible - the records of suffering, distress, and blasted hopes.

- Alice Morse Earle

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