In my younger days, when I was painted by the half-educated, loose and inaccurate ways women had, I used to say, "How much women need exact science" But since I have known some workers in science, I have now said, "How much science needs women"
I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency. - Maria Mitchell
I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency.
- Maria Mitchell
Yesterday I had a Shaker visitor, and today a Catholic; and the more I see and hear, the less do I care about church doctrines. - Maria Mitchell
Yesterday I had a Shaker visitor, and today a Catholic; and the more I see and hear, the less do I care about church doctrines.
Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe. - Maria Mitchell
Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.
In my younger days, when I was painted by the half-educated, loose and inaccurate ways women had, I used to say, "How much women need exact science" … - Maria Mitchell
In my younger days, when I was painted by the half-educated, loose and inaccurate ways women had, I used to say, "How much women need exact science" …
When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests. - Maria Mitchell
When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests.
The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve, but we seize only a bit of the c… - Maria Mitchell
The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve, but we seize only a bit of the c…
No woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be? - Maria Mitchell
No woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be?
There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness. - Maria Mitchell
There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.
Why can a man not act himself, be himself, and think for himself? It seems to me that naturalness alone is power; that a borrowed word is weaker than… - Maria Mitchell
Why can a man not act himself, be himself, and think for himself? It seems to me that naturalness alone is power; that a borrowed word is weaker than…
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