I had thought to observe on this carry when we crossed the dividing line between the Penobscot and St. John, but as my feet had ha...rdly been out of water the whole distance, and it was all level and stagnant, I began to despair of finding it. I remembered hearing a good deal about the "highlands" dividing the waters of the Penobscot from those of the St. John, as well as the St. Lawrence, at the time of the northeast boundary dispute.... I thought that if the commissioners themselves, and the King of Holland with them, had spent a few days here, with their packs upon their backs, looking for that "highland," they would have had an interesting time, and perhaps it would have modified their views of the question somewhat. The King of Holland would have been in his element.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I felt more than ever the necessity of my mission. But I went home out of spirits, I hardly know why. I must work by myself all li...fe long.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
"Dirty fellow!" exclaimed the Captain, seizing both her wrists, "hark you, Mrs. Frog, you'd best hold your tongue; for I must make... bold to tell you, if you don't, that I shall make no ceremony of tripping you out of the window, and there you may lie in the mud till some of your Monseers come to help you out of it."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Why are we never quite at ease in the presence of a schoolmaster? Because we are conscious that he is not quite at his ease in our...s. He is awkward, and out of place in the society of his equals. He comes like Gulliver from among his little people, and he cannot fit the stature of his understanding to yours.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... married women work and neglect their children because the duties of the homemaker become so depreciated that women feel compel...led to take a job in order to hold the respect of the community. It is one thing if women work, as many of them must, to help support the family. It is quite another thing--it is destructive of woman's freedom--if society forces her out of the home and into the labor market in order that she may respect herself and gain the respect of others.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »