All Maria Mitchell Quotes
Altogether, St. Louis is a growing place, and the West has a large hand and a strong grasp.
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I am just through with a summer, and a summer is to me always a trying ordeal.
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I saw, in looking over Cooper, elements of a comet of 1825 which resemble what I get out for this, from my own observations, but I cannot rely upon my own.
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I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.
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We have a hunger of the mind which asks for knowledge of all around us, and the more we gain, the more is our desire; the more we see, the more we are capable of seeing.
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The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power!
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The Southern character is opposed to haste. Safety is of more worth than speed, and there is no hurry.
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People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear.
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It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good.
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I made observations for three hours last night, and am almost ill to-day from fatigue; still I have worked all day, trying to reduce the places, and mean to work hard again to-night.
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I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own.
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Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.
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Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.
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