No woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more c... by Maria Mitchell

No woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be?

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I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle.

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Women, more than men, are bound by tradition and authority. What the father, the brother, the doctor, and the minister have said has been received undoubtingly. Until women throw off this reverence for authority they will not develop.

brother men father

I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies travel alone they must have the courage of men.

men two travel

I made observations for three hours last night, and am almost ill today from fatigue; still I have worked all day, trying to reduce the places, and mean to work hard again tonight.

hard-work night mean

I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment.

color space stars

A young sailor boy came to see me to-day. It pleases me to have these lads seek me on their return from their first voyage, and tell me how much they have learned about navigation.

please-me journey boys

I have worn myself thin trying to find out about this comet, and I know very little now in the matter.

matter littles trying

The phrase ‘popular science’ has in itself a touch of absurdity. That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

absurdity phrases science

For women there are, undoubtedly, great difficulties in the path, but so much the more to overcome. First, no woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be?

women path overcoming

The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not.

industrious has-beens said

The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity nor retained by flattery; it is genuine and sincere.

flattery vanity sex

Let us secure not such books as people want, but books just above their wants, and they will reach up to take what is put out for them.

want book people

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music. by Maria Mitchell

I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.

instance born appreciate

The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.

safety southern character

Small aids to individuals, large aid to masses. by Maria Mitchell

Small aids to individuals, large aid to masses.

aids-day hiv individual

A traveller, lost on a desert plain, feels that the recognition of one star, the Pole star, is of itself a great acquisition.

acquisition stars travel

How strange that some people cannot believe in both the Book of N... by Maria Mitchell

How strange that some people cannot believe in both the Book of Nature and the Book of God.

believe book people

I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering life of the Indian.

wander breathing air

That knowledge which is popular is not scientific. by Maria Mitchell

That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

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Nothing comes out more clearly in astronomical observations than the immense activity of the universe.

observation activity immense