Twelve o'clock! It is the natural centre, key-stone, and very heart of the day. At that hour, the sun has arrived at the top of hi...s hill; and as he seems to hang poised there a while, before coming down on the other side, it is but reasonable to suppose that he is then stopping to dine; setting an eminent example to all mankind.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I never saw that great woman, Mary Wollstonecraft, but I have read her eloquent and unanswerable arguments in behalf of the libert...y of womankind. I have met and known most of the progressive women who came after her--Lucretia Mott, the Grimke sisters, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone--a long galaxy of great women.... Those older women have gone on, and most of those who worked with me in the early years have gone. I am here for a little time only and then my place will be filled as theirs was filled. The fight must not cease; you must see that it does not stop.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A fact is like a sack--it won't stand up if it's empty. To make it stand up, first you have to put in it all the reasons and feeli...ngs that caused it in the first place.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A good sherris-sack hath a twofold operation in it. It ascends me into the brain,... makes it apprehensive, quick,... forgetive, full of nimble, fiery, and delectable shapes.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If I had a thousand sons, the first humane principle I would teach them should be, to forswear thin potations and to addict...r />themselves to sack.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »