Close to the academy in this town they have erected a sort of gallows for the pupils to practice on. I thought that they might as ...well hang at once all who need to go through such exercises in so new a country, where there is nothing to hinder their living an outdoor life. Better omit Blair, and take the air.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The more one knows of our life the more one must denounce it, lest it be suspected that one has a personal motive in defending it.... When other women speak of us you must assume an attitude of scorn, not only to protect yourself from suspicion, but that you may also feel it for yourself and have no temptation to return. When you think of us do not remember any small kindness that we may have shown you or that we show to one another. Remember only the things that have shocked you and outraged your traditions and your sense of decency. Remember your sufferings at the hands of beasts who are miscalled men. If you keep these things in view you will never again fall into temptation.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Why, since man and woman were created for each other, had He made their desires so dissimilar? Why should one class of women be ab...le to dwell in luxurious seclusion from the trials of life, while another class performed their loathsome tasks? Surely His wisdom had not decreed that one set of women should live in degradation and in the end should perish that others might live in security, preserve their frappeed chastity, and in the end be saved.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The process of education in the oldest profession in the world is like any other educational process, in that it requires time and... effort and patience; it can only be acquired by taking one step at a time, though the steps become accelerated after the first few.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Clara: I don't think a mother should depend so much upon her children for her rewards in life. Mrs. Pilletti: Well, that's wh...at they teach you in New York University. It real life, it no work out like this.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Mrs. Pilletti: This girl is a college graduate. Catherine: They're the worst. College girls are one step from the street, I t...ell you.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The safety of the republic being the supreme law, and Texas having offered us the key to the safety of our country from all foreig...n intrigues and diplomacy, I say accept the key ... and bolt the door at once.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »