Lydia M. Child, (1802-1880) American abolitionist, women's rights activist, opponent of American expansionism, Indian rights activist, novelist, and journalist Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-2] of 2 Lydia M. Child quotesLydia M. Child QuotesLydia M. Child Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do.~ Lydia M. Child England may as well dam up the waters of the Nile with bulrushes as to fetter the step of Freedom, more proud and firm in this youthful land than where she treads the sequestered glens of Scotland, or couches herself among the magnificent mountains of Switzerland.~ Lydia M. Child Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print