A political place with no power, only influence, is not to my taste.

Perhaps the fact that I am not a Radical or a believer in the all powerful ballot for women to right her wrongs and that I do notscorn womanly duties, but claim it as a privilege to clean up and sort of supervise the room and sew things, etc., is winning me stronger allies than anything else.

The quality of life depends upon the ability of society to teach it's members how to live in harmony with their environment-def ined first as family, then the community, then the world and its resources.

The Faculty [of Vassar] do not consider it a mere experiment any longer that girls can be educated as well as boys.

I wish the women's rights folks would be more sensible. I think women have a great deal to learn, before they are fit to vote.

I am succeeding quite well in my work and the future looks well. What special mission is God preparing me for? Cutting off all earthly ties and isolating me as it were.

The most conventional customs cling to the table. Farmers who wouldn't drive a horse too hard expect pie three times a day.