All women should inform themselves of the condition of their sex and of their own position. It must necessarily follow that the noblest of them will, sooner or later, put forth a moral power which shall prostrate cant, and burst asunder the bonds (silken to some but cold iron to others) of feudal prejudice and usages. In the meantime is it to be understood that the principles of the Declaration of Independence bear no relation to half of the human race? If so, what is the ground of this limitation?
it matters infinitely less what we do than what we are. - Harriet Martineau
it matters infinitely less what we do than what we are.
- Harriet Martineau
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
Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare. - Harriet Martineau
Readers are plentiful; thinkers are rare.
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…
It is characteristic of genius to be hopeful and aspiring. - Harriet Martineau
It is characteristic of genius to be hopeful and aspiring.
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.
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.
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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