It is cowardly to fly from natural duties and take up those that suit our taste or temperament better; but it is also unwise to take an exaggerated view of personal duties, which shuts out the proper care of the mind and body entrusted to us.
It is cruelty to children to keep five-year-olds sitting still, gazing into vacancy even for one hour at a time. We have little idea of the torture w… - Ellen Swallow Richards
It is cruelty to children to keep five-year-olds sitting still, gazing into vacancy even for one hour at a time. We have little idea of the torture w…
- Ellen Swallow Richards
...all enjoyment is dependent upon the frailty of human life and human desires ... if we were to have all we want and to live forever, all enjoyment … - Ellen Swallow Richards
...all enjoyment is dependent upon the frailty of human life and human desires ... if we were to have all we want and to live forever, all enjoyment …
I prefer surveying for a week to spending a week in fashionable society even of the best class. - Ellen Swallow Richards
I prefer surveying for a week to spending a week in fashionable society even of the best class.
Subject the material world to the higher ends by understanding it in all its relations to daily life and action. - Ellen Swallow Richards
Subject the material world to the higher ends by understanding it in all its relations to daily life and action.
One of the greatest faults of the women of the present time is a silly fear of things, and one object of the education of girls should be to give the… - Ellen Swallow Richards
One of the greatest faults of the women of the present time is a silly fear of things, and one object of the education of girls should be to give the…
I wish the women's rights folks would be more sensible. I think women have a great deal to learn, before they are fit to vote. - Ellen Swallow Richards
I wish the women's rights folks would be more sensible. I think women have a great deal to learn, before they are fit to vote.
I hope that I am winning a way which others will keep open. - Ellen Swallow Richards
I hope that I am winning a way which others will keep open.
The well-educated young woman of 1950 will blend art and sciences in a way we do not dream of; the science will steady the art andthe art will give c… - Ellen Swallow Richards
The well-educated young woman of 1950 will blend art and sciences in a way we do not dream of; the science will steady the art andthe art will give c…
A sense of power is the most intoxicating stimulant a mortal can enjoy. - Ellen Swallow Richards
A sense of power is the most intoxicating stimulant a mortal can enjoy.
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