Of all the excellent teachers of college English whom I have known I have never discovered one who knew precisely what he was doing. Therein have lain their power and their charm.
Of all the excellent teachers of college English whom I have known I have never discovered one who knew precisely what he was doing. Therein have lai… - Mary Ellen Chase
Of all the excellent teachers of college English whom I have known I have never discovered one who knew precisely what he was doing. Therein have lai…
- Mary Ellen Chase
Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind. - Mary Ellen Chase
Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind.
There is no substitute for books in the life of a child. - Mary Ellen Chase
There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.
The greatest danger in any argument is that real issues often clouded by superficial ones, that momentary passions may obscure permanent realities. - Mary Ellen Chase
The greatest danger in any argument is that real issues often clouded by superficial ones, that momentary passions may obscure permanent realities.
Suffering without understanding in this life is a heap worse than suffering when you have at least the grain of an idea what it's all for. - Mary Ellen Chase
Suffering without understanding in this life is a heap worse than suffering when you have at least the grain of an idea what it's all for.
Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened out one's thoughts. - Mary Ellen Chase
Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened out one's thoughts.
Whatever laudable qualities the English may possess in their selection, preparation, and consumption of food, elegance, originality, diversity, and i… - Mary Ellen Chase
Whatever laudable qualities the English may possess in their selection, preparation, and consumption of food, elegance, originality, diversity, and i…
To lovers of the long and intricate history of language the disuse and final death of certain words is a matter of regret. Yet every age bears witnes… - Mary Ellen Chase
To lovers of the long and intricate history of language the disuse and final death of certain words is a matter of regret. Yet every age bears witnes…
It is quite possible to leave your home for a walk in the early morning air and return a different person - beguiled, enchanted. - Mary Ellen Chase
It is quite possible to leave your home for a walk in the early morning air and return a different person - beguiled, enchanted.
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