Unusual precocity in children, is usually the result of an unhealthy state of the brain; and, in such cases, medical men would now direct, that the wonderful child should be deprived of all books and study, and turned to play or work in the fresh air.
Catharine BeecherThe principle of subordination is the great bond of union and harmony through the universe.
Catharine BeecherThe people of this nation are eminently a trafficking people; and the present standard of honesty, as to trade and debts, is very low, and every year seems sinking still lower.
Catharine BeecherTo open avenues to political place and power for all classes of women would cause these humble labors of the family and school to be still more undervalued and shunned.
Catharine Beecher