Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them.
Source: Woman and Her Era, pt. 2, ch. 1, 1864.
-- Eliza Wood Burhans Farnham, (Nov 17 1815-1864), US social reformer, lecturer; She was head of the women's department of Sing-Sing, 1840s; instituted penal reforms.