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I Was Gravely Warned By Some Of My Female Acquaintances That No Woman Could Expect To Be Regarded As A Lady After She Had Written A Book.

A Reformer Is One Who Sets Forth Cheerfully Toward Sure Defeat.

England May As Well Dam Up The Waters Of The Nile With Bulrushes As To Fetter The Step Of Freedom, More Proud And Firm In This Youthful Land Than Where She Treads The Sequestered Glens Of Scotland, Or Couches Herself Among The Magnificent Mountains Of Switzerland.

Reverence Is The Highest Quality Of Man's Nature; And That Individual, Or Nation, Which Has It Slightly Developed, Is So Far Unfortunate. It Is A Strong Spiritual Instinct, And Seeks To Form Channels For Itself Where None Exists; Thus Americans, In The Dearth Of Other Objects To Worship, Fall To Worshiping Themselves.

The Great Difficulty In Education Is That We Give Rules Instead Of Inspiring Sentiments. ... It Is Not Possible To Make Rules Enough To Apply To All Manner Of Cases; And If It Were Possible, A Child Would Soon Forget Them. But If You Inspire Him With Right Feelings, They Will Govern His Actions.