The most conventional customs cling to the table. Farmers who wouldn't drive a horse too hard expect pie three times a day.
Ellen Swallow RichardsI 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.
Ellen Swallow RichardsYou cannot make women contented with cooking and cleaning and you need not try.
Ellen Swallow RichardsIt is cruelty to children to keep five-year-olds sitting still, gazing into vacancy even for one hour at a time. We have little idea of the torture we thus inflict.
Ellen Swallow Richards