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For this knowledge of right living, we have sought a new name... . As theology is the science of religious life, and biology the science of [physical] life ... so let Oekology be henceforth the science of [our] normal lives ... the worthiest of all the applied sciences which teaches the principles on which to found... healthy... and happy life.

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I hope that I am winning a way which others will keep open.

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Subject the material world to the higher ends by understanding it in all its relations to daily life and action.

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...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 …

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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…

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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…

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A sense of power is the most intoxicating stimulant a mortal can enjoy.

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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.

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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…

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I prefer surveying for a week to spending a week in fashionable society even of the best class.

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