IN April 1882 my father died; and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere.

We lived within two hundred yards of the sea, and its voice was in our ears night and day.

The general fact of surplus value, namely that the workmen does not get the full value of his labours, and that he is taken advantage of by the capitalist, is obvious.

Motherhood is, after all, woman's great and incomparable work.

Making a choice is like backing a horse - in a hundred years, they may decide you picked wrongly.

Great success in examinations does naturally not as a rule go with originality of thought.

I saw deep in the eyes of the animals, the human soul look out upon me.