For more than twenty-five years my mind had been deeply troubled by the fact that these mechanical and scientific achievements ofman had outrun his intellectual and spiritual power. ...Throughout the Second World War this terrible problem hung in the back of my mind. As I write these words the problem and the danger are as threatening as ever. We hope our nation will survive, but in its effort to survive will it transform itself intellectually and spiritually into the image of the thing against which we fought?
...at this stage in the advancement of women the best policy for them is not to talk much about the abstract principles of women'srights but to do go… - Virginia Gildersleeve
...at this stage in the advancement of women the best policy for them is not to talk much about the abstract principles of women'srights but to do go…
- Virginia Gildersleeve
For more than twenty-five years my mind had been deeply troubled by the fact that these mechanical and scientific achievements ofman had outrun his i… - Virginia Gildersleeve
For more than twenty-five years my mind had been deeply troubled by the fact that these mechanical and scientific achievements ofman had outrun his i…
There was danger at times that women might not be judged by the highest standards, but more leniently because of their sex. "She is a remarkably good… - Virginia Gildersleeve
There was danger at times that women might not be judged by the highest standards, but more leniently because of their sex. "She is a remarkably good…
The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some urge to fit that service into the well-being of the commun… - Virginia Gildersleeve
The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some urge to fit that service into the well-being of the commun…
...expatriated Americans, even Henry James himself, have always seemed to me somewhat anchorless, rudderless, drifting before thewind. - Virginia Gildersleeve
...expatriated Americans, even Henry James himself, have always seemed to me somewhat anchorless, rudderless, drifting before thewind.
I was resolved to sustain and preserve in my college the bite of the mind, the chance to stand face to face with truth, the good life lived in a smal… - Virginia Gildersleeve
I was resolved to sustain and preserve in my college the bite of the mind, the chance to stand face to face with truth, the good life lived in a smal…
It was hard for an American to understand the contented acceptance by English men and women of permanent places in the lowest social rank. - Virginia Gildersleeve
It was hard for an American to understand the contented acceptance by English men and women of permanent places in the lowest social rank.
The peace conference must not adjourn without the establishment of some ordered system of international government, backed by power enough to give au… - Virginia Gildersleeve
The peace conference must not adjourn without the establishment of some ordered system of international government, backed by power enough to give au…
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