Abraham Lincoln, on meeting Stowe in 1862.

So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!

— Abraham Lincoln

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!" in the context of "Abraham Lincoln, on meeting Stowe in 1862." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

About Harriet Beecher Stowe

Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe (14 June 1811 – 1 July 1896) was an American abolitionist and writer, most famous as the author of the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin.