The woman movement is one which is uniting by co-operating influences, all the antagonisms that are warring on the family state. S...piritualism, free love, free divorce, the vicious indulgences consequent on unregulated civilization, the worldliness which tempts men and women to avoid large families, often by sinful methods, thus making the ignorant masses the chief supply of the future ruling majorities; and most powerful of all, the feeble constitution and poor health of women, causing them to dread maternity as--what it is fast becoming--an accumulation of mental and bodily tortures.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
They had supposed their formula was fixed. They had obeyed instructions to devise... A type of cold, a type of hooded gaze. But when the Negroes came they were perplexed. These Negroes looked like men....LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I think there are innumerable gods. What we on earth call God is a little tribal God who has made an awful mess. Certainly forces ...operating through human consciousness control events.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
There is a popular superstition that "realism" asserts itself in the cataloguing of a great number of material objects, in explain...ing mechanical processes, the methods of operating manufactories and trades, and in minutely and unsparingly describing physical sensations. But is not realism, more than it is anything else, an attitude of mind on the part of the writer toward his material, a vague indication of the sympathy and candour with which he accepts, rather than chooses, his theme?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
If we consider what happens in conversation, in reveries, in remorse, in times of passion, in surprises, in the instructions of dr...eams, wherein often we see ourselves in masquerade,--the droll disguises only magnifying and enhancing a real element, and forcing it on our distinct notice,--we shall catch many hints that will broaden and lighten into knowledge of the secret of nature.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Realizing that his time was nearly spent, he gave full oral instructions about his burial and the manner in which he wished to be ...remembered.... A few minutes later, feeling very tired, he left the room, remarking, 'I have no disposition to leave this precious circle. I love to be here surrounded by my family and friends.' Then he gave them his blessing and said, 'I am ready to go and I wish you goodnight.'LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... the modern drama, operating through the double channel of dramatist and interpreter, affecting as it does both mind and heart,... is the strongest force in developing social discontent, swelling the powerful tide of unrest that sweeps onward and over the dam of ignorance, prejudice, and superstition.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Many people operate under the assumption that since parenting is a natural adult function, we should instinctively know how to do ...it--and do it well. The truth is, effective parenting requires study and practice like any other skilled profession. Who would even consider turning an untrained surgeon loose in an operating room? Yet we "operate" on our children every day.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Go on then in doing with your pen what in other times was done with the sword; shew that reformation is more practicable by operat...ing on the mind than on the body of man.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »