Though motherhood is the most important of all the professions - requiring more knowledge than any other department in human affairs - there was no attention given to preparation for this office.

You who have read the history of nations, from Moses down to our last election, where have you ever seen one class looking after the interests of another?

Put it down in capital letters: SELF-DEVELOPMENT IS A HIGHER DUTY THAN SELF-SACRIFICE. The thing that most retards and militates against women’s self development is self-sacrifice.

It is in vain to look for the elevation of woman so long as she is degraded in marriage.

Come, come, my conservative friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.

The most fitting monuments this nation can build are schoolhouses and homes for those who do the work of the world. It is no answer to say that they are accustomed to rags and hunger. In this world of plenty every human being has a right to food, clothes, decent shelter, and the rudiments of education.

It is the inalienable right of all to be happy.