. . . if I had been a man, self-respect, family pressure and the public opinion of my class would have pushed me into a money-making profession; as a mere woman I could carve out a career of disinterested research.
Religion is love; in no case is it logic. - Beatrice Webb
Religion is love; in no case is it logic.
- Beatrice Webb
The middle man governs, however extreme may seem to be the men who sit on the Front Bench, in their reactionary or revolutionary opinions. - Beatrice Webb
The middle man governs, however extreme may seem to be the men who sit on the Front Bench, in their reactionary or revolutionary opinions.
The interruptions of the telephone seem to us to waste half the life of the ordinary American engaged in public or private business; he has seldom ha… - Beatrice Webb
The interruptions of the telephone seem to us to waste half the life of the ordinary American engaged in public or private business; he has seldom ha…
All along the line, physically, mentally, morally, alcohol is a weakening and deadening force. - Beatrice Webb
All along the line, physically, mentally, morally, alcohol is a weakening and deadening force.
Harris had the egotistical dogmatism of the self-made man who had painfully educated himself without contact with superior brains. - Beatrice Webb
Harris had the egotistical dogmatism of the self-made man who had painfully educated himself without contact with superior brains.
Work is the best of narcotics, providing the patient be strong enough to take it. I dread idleness as if it were Hell. - Beatrice Webb
Work is the best of narcotics, providing the patient be strong enough to take it. I dread idleness as if it were Hell.
Beneath the surface of our daily life, in the personal history of many of us, there runs a continuous controversy between an Ego that affirms and an … - Beatrice Webb
Beneath the surface of our daily life, in the personal history of many of us, there runs a continuous controversy between an Ego that affirms and an …
If I ever felt inclined to be timid as I was going into a room hill of people, I would say to myself, "You're the cleverest member of one of the clev… - Beatrice Webb
If I ever felt inclined to be timid as I was going into a room hill of people, I would say to myself, "You're the cleverest member of one of the clev…
Are all Cabinets congeries of little autocrats with a super-autocrat presiding over them? - Beatrice Webb
Are all Cabinets congeries of little autocrats with a super-autocrat presiding over them?
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