There was no escape from the letter-writer who, a hundred or a hundred and twenty-five years ago, captured a coveted correspondent. It would have been as easy to shake off an octopus or a boa-constrictor.
Agnes RepplierIt is impossible to withhold education from the receptive mind, as it is impossible to force it upon the unreasoning.
Agnes RepplierConversation between Adam and Eve must have been difficult at times, because they had nobody to talk about.
Agnes RepplierBargaining is essential to the life of the world; but nobody has ever claimed that it is an ennobling process.
Agnes Repplier