In looking back over the college careers of those who for various reasons have been prominent in undergraduate life ... one cannot... help noticing that these men have nearly always shown from the start an interest in the lives of their fellow students. A large acquaintance means that many persons are dependent on a man and conversely that he himself is dependent on many. Success necessarily means larger responsibilities, and responsibilities mean many friends.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The fireside for the cricket, The wheatstack for the mouse,... When trembling night-winds whistle And moan all round the house;LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Expecting me to grovel, she carefully covers both feet... with the hem of her skirt. She pretends to hide a coming smile and won't look straight at me. When I talk to her, she chats with her friend in cross tones. Even this slim girl's rising anger delights me, let alone her deep love.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... the day will come when man will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside but in the councils of the nation. Then,... and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union, between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Rats! They fought the dogs and killed the cats,... And bit the babies in the cradles, And ate the cheeses out of the vats, And licked the soup from the cooks' own ladles, Split open the kegs of salted sprats, Made nests inside men's Sunday hats, And even spoiled the women's chats By drowning their speaking With shrieking and squeaking In fifty different sharps and flats.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Sentiment is the mightiest force in civilization; not sentimentality, but sentiment. Women will bring this into politics. Home, sw...eet home, is as powerful on the hustings as at the fireside.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We had no revolutions to fear, nor fatigues to undergo; all our adventures were by the fireside, and all our migrations from the b...lue bed to the brown.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat... In a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I see now our fireside formed into a groupe, no one member of which has a fibre in their composition which can ever produce any ja...rring or jealousies among us. No irregular passions, no dangerous bias, which may render problematical the future fortunes and happiness of our descendants.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »