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Archer Quote by Elizabeth Cady Stanton

“They tell us sometimes that if we had only kept…” quote by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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“They tell us sometimes that if we had only kept quiet, all these desirable things would have come about of themselves. I am reminded of the Greek clown who, having seen an archer bring down a flying bird, remarked, sagely: 'You might have saved your arrow, for the bird would anyway have been killed by the fall.'”

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