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Let our girls feel that we expect something more of them than that they merely look pretty and appear well in society.


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Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey.



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Peace produced by suppression is neither natural nor desirable.



The old, subjective, stagnant, indolent and wretched life for woman has gone. She has as many resources as men, as many activities beckon her on. As large possibilities swell and inspire her heart.

The old, subjective, stagnant, indolent and wretched life for woman has gone. She has as many resources as men, as many activities beckon her on. As large possibilities swell and inspire her heart.



A stream cannot rise higher than its source.

A stream cannot rise higher than its source.



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One needs occasionally to stand aside from the hum and rush of human interests and passions to hear the voices of God.



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Life must be something more than dilettante speculation.



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Teach [our girls] that there is a race with special needs which they and only they can help; that the world needs and is already asking for their trained, efficient forces.



I constantly felt (as I suppose many an ambitious girl has felt) a thumping from within unanswered by any beckoning from without.

I constantly felt (as I suppose many an ambitious girl has felt) a thumping from within unanswered by any beckoning from without.



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Woman's cause is one and universal.





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