The instruction furnished is not good enough for the youth of such a country ... There is not even any systematic instruction given on political morals: an enormous deficiency in a republic.
The sum and substance of female education in America, as in England, is training women to consider marriage as the sole object in life, and to preten… - Harriet Martineau
The sum and substance of female education in America, as in England, is training women to consider marriage as the sole object in life, and to preten…
- Harriet Martineau
it matters infinitely less what we do than what we are. - Harriet Martineau
it matters infinitely less what we do than what we are.
You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows… - Harriet Martineau
You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows…
It is hard to tell which is worse; the wide diffusion of things that are not true, or the suppression of things that are true. - Harriet Martineau
It is hard to tell which is worse; the wide diffusion of things that are not true, or the suppression of things that are true.
Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare. - Harriet Martineau
Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare.
The imagination, once awakened, must and will work, and ought to work - Harriet Martineau
The imagination, once awakened, must and will work, and ought to work
influence which is given on the side of money is usually against truth. - Harriet Martineau
influence which is given on the side of money is usually against truth.
It is characteristic of genius to be hopeful and aspiring. - Harriet Martineau
It is characteristic of genius to be hopeful and aspiring.
I loved, as I still love, the most monotonous life possible. - Harriet Martineau
I loved, as I still love, the most monotonous life possible.
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