If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power.
Harriet MartineauWhile feeling far less injured by toil than my friends took for granted I must be, I yet was always aware of the strong probability that my life would end as the lives of hard literary workers usually end, - in paralysis, with months or years of imbecility.
Harriet Martineau