Change begets change. Nothing propagates so fast. If a man habituated to a narrow circle of cares and pleasures, out of which he s...eldom travels, step beyond it, though for never so brief a space, his departure from the monotonous scene on which he has been an actor of importance would seem to be the signal for instant confusion.... The mine which Time has slowly dug beneath familiar objects is sprung in an instant; and what was rock before, becomes but sand and dust.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It has always been thought perfectly womanly to be a scrub- woman in the Legislature and to take care of the spittoons; that is en...tirely within the charmed circle of woman's sphere; but for women to occupy any of those official seats would be degrading.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
No matter how much faculty of idle seeing a man has, the step from knowing to doing is rarely taken. 'Tis a step out of the chalk ...circle of imbecility into fruitfulness.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If the sewing societies, the avails of whose industry are now expended in supporting and educating young men for the ministry, wer...e to withdraw their contributions to these objects, and give them where they are more needed, to their advancement of their own sex in useful learning, the next generation might furnish sufficient proof, that in intelligence and ability to master the whole circle of sciences, woman is not inferior to man ...LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Perchance we may, Where now this night is day,... And even through faith of still averted feet, Making full circle of our banishment, Amazed meet;LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If there be no nobility of descent in a nation, all the more indispensable is it that there should be nobility of ascent--a charac...ter in them that bear rule, so fine and high and pure, that as men come within the circle of its influence, they involuntarily pay homage to that which is the one pre-eminent distinction, the Royalty of Virtue.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The clock runs down timeless and still.... The days and nights turn hours to years and water in a gutter marks the circle of another world hating, resentful, and afraid stagnant, and green, and full of slimy things.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »