He felt with the force of a revelation that to throw up the clods of earth manfully is as beneficent as to revolutionize the world. It was not the matter of the work, but the mind that went into it, that counted - and the man who was not content to do small things well would leave great things undone.
Ellen GlasgowBut, of course only morons would ever think or speak of themselves as intellectuals. That's why they all look so sad.
Ellen GlasgowThe age is a vociferous one, and no prophet is without honor who is able to strike an attitude and to speak loud enough to make himself heard.
Ellen Glasgow. . . this rage - I have never forgotten it - contained every anger, every revolt I had ever felt in my life - the way I felt when I saw the black dog hunted, the way I felt when I watched old Uncle Henry taken away to the almshouse, the way I felt whenever I had seen people or animals hurt for the pleasure or profit of others.
Ellen Glasgow