Original Mothers Day Proclamation
Julia Ward Howe 1870
Arise then, women of this day!
Arise all women who have hearts, whether your baptism be of water or of tears!
Say firmly:
'We will not have questions decided by irrelevant agencies.
'Our husbands shall not come to us reeking of carnage for caresses and applause.
'Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy, and patience.
'We women of one country will be too tender to those of another country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.
'From the bosom of a devastated Earth a voice goes up with our own, it says "Disarm! Disarm!"
'The sword of murder is not the balance of justice.
'Blood does not wipe out dishonor, nor violence indicate possession.'
As men have forsaken the plow and the anvil at the summons of war, let women now leave all that may be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel.
Let them meet first as women, to bewail and commemorate the dead.
Let them solemnly take counsel with each other as to the means whereby the great human family can live in peace, each bearing after his time the sacred impress not of Caesar, but of God.
In the name of womanhood and humanity, I earnestly ask that a general congress of women without limit of nationality be appointed and held at some place deemed most convenient and at the earliest period consistent with its objects, to promote the alliance of the different nationalities, the amicable settlement of international questions, the great and general interests of peace.
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Beautiful. Very reminiscient of Georgia O'Keefe's paintings.
Posted by: Rachel | 08 May 2005 at 04:03 PM
Hmm that red one, could have some fun with that. I have no flowers here to photography until summer.
Posted by: Cathy | 08 May 2005 at 04:39 PM
Beautiful! Most appropriate for Mother's Day.
Posted by: Terence | 08 May 2005 at 05:51 PM
Nice macro shots. The water drops add a lot to the shots.
Posted by: Ryan | 08 May 2005 at 06:08 PM
Wow, three new visitors!
I guess it was time to sign up on Photoblogs.org.
Posted by: SB | 08 May 2005 at 06:57 PM
Nice pictures. Nice blog !
Posted by: Sidney | 08 May 2005 at 08:05 PM
really beautiful, soft and full of lovely detail :) lovely work here!
Posted by: daisies | 08 May 2005 at 08:10 PM
Good eye!
but, you've always been one to see past the obvious.
Posted by: Ken | 08 May 2005 at 08:27 PM
The flower pictures are gorgeous!
Posted by: Ryan Schultz (Quiplash) | 11 May 2005 at 10:17 PM
Yes, definitely reminiscent of O'Keefe! How lovely, my dear. You have such a good eye! Actually, you probably have TWO good eyes!
Thank you so much for this. I had forgotten the original Mother's Proclamation. How appropriate for these times, eh? Those Mothers were soooo smart...
Posted by: Kate S. | 14 May 2005 at 11:47 AM