Possibly the Creator did not make the world chiefly for the purpose of providing studies for gifted novelists; but if He had done so, we can scarcely imagine that He could have offered anything much better in the way of material.
Superior music is purity itself; it clears the air. - Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Superior music is purity itself; it clears the air.
- Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Life is moral responsibility. - Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Life is moral responsibility.
A literary woman's best critic is her husband. - Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
A literary woman's best critic is her husband.
What an immense power over life is the power of possessing distinct aims. - Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
What an immense power over life is the power of possessing distinct aims.
The woman's personal identity is a vast undiscovered country -- with which Society has yet to acquaint itself, and by which it is yet to be revolutio… - Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
The woman's personal identity is a vast undiscovered country -- with which Society has yet to acquaint itself, and by which it is yet to be revolutio…
I read, with a kind of hopeless envy, histories and legends of people of our craft who "do not write for money." It must be a pleasant experience to … - Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
I read, with a kind of hopeless envy, histories and legends of people of our craft who "do not write for money." It must be a pleasant experience to …
A good short story is a work of art which daunts us in proportion to its brevity.... No inspiration is too noble for it; no amountof hard work is too… - Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
A good short story is a work of art which daunts us in proportion to its brevity.... No inspiration is too noble for it; no amountof hard work is too…
It is impossible to forget the sense of dignity which marks the hour when one becomes a wage-earner... I felt that I had suddenly acquired value to m… - Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
It is impossible to forget the sense of dignity which marks the hour when one becomes a wage-earner... I felt that I had suddenly acquired value to m…
Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds. - Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds.
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