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Memoirs of Elleanor Eldridge is an 1838 historical account by Elleanor Eldridge and Frances Harriet Whipple Green. In the book, the authors describe how restorative sleep can be for young people, writing,
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Which quotation from Memoirs of Elleanor Eldridge most effectively illustrates the claim?
"Let us, dear reader, remember the punishment of idle curiosity, as taught in the true and affecting history [named] 'Blue Beard; and, striving to be content with the facts in the case, seek not to lift the veil, which the sensibility of true love, and feminine delicacy, have alike conspired to draw."
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"Then let no one turn with too much [fussiness] from the simple story of the humble Elleanor, though it may contain few, or none, of the thrilling charms of poetry and passion."
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"Blessed are the slumbers of the innocent! They are kindlier than balm, and they refresh and gladden the spirit of childhood, like ministerings from a better world."
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"Home is home, to the lowly as well as the great; and no rank, or color, destroys its sacred character, its power over the mind, and the affections."
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