My father had declared a predilection for heirs general, that is, males and females indiscriminately.... I, on the other hand, had... a zealous partiality for heirs male, however remote.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
One who has not only the four S's, which are required in every good lover, but even the whole alphabet; as for example ... Agreeab...le, Bountiful, Constant, Dutiful, Easy, Faithful, Gallant, Honourable, Ingenious, Kind, Loyal, Mild, Noble, Officious, Prudent, Quiet, Rich, Secret, True, Valiant, Wise; the X indeed, is too harsh a letter to agree with him, but he is Young and Zealous.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Our American institutions have been friendly to her, and at this moment, I esteem it a chief felicity of this country, that it exc...els in women. A certain awkward consciousness of inferiority in men, may give rise to the new chivalry in behalf of Women's Rights. Certainly, let her be as much better placed in the laws and the social forms, as the most zealous reformer can ask, but I confide so entirely in her inspiring and musical nature, that I believe only herself can show us how she shall be served.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
It is Mortifying to suppose it possible that a people able and zealous to contend with the Enemy should be reduced to fold their A...rms for want of the means of defence; yet no resources that we know of, ensure us against this event.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Again and again, faith in a possible satisfaction of the human race breaks through at the very moments of most zealous discord bec...ause humankind will never be able to live and work without this consoling delusion of its ascent into morality, without this dream of final and ultimate accord.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. Nearly all men of science, all men of learning for that matter, and men of s...imple ways too, have it in some form and in some degree. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission. If we abandon that mission under stress we shall abandon it forever, for stress will not cease. Knowledge for the sake of understanding, not merely to prevail, that is the essence of our being. None can define its limits, or set its ultimate boundaries.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »