. . . is it to be understood that the principles of the Declaration of Independence bear no relation to half of the human race?

[On being deaf:] We must struggle for whatever may be had, without encroaching on the comfort of others.

It is hard to tell which is worse; the wide diffusion of things that are not true, or the suppression of things that are true.

it is the worst humiliation and grievance of the suffering, that they cause suffering.

The Penny Post will do more for the circulation of ideas, for the fostering of domestic affections, for the humanizing of the mass generally, than any other single measure that our national wit can devise.

For my own part, I had rather suffer any inconvenience from having to work occasionally in chambers and kitchenthan witness the subservience in which the menial class is held in Europe.

All women should inform themselves of the condition of their sex and of their own position. It must necessarily follow that the noblest of them will, sooner or later, put forth a moral power which shall prostrate cant, and burst asunder the bonds (silken to some but cold iron to others) of feudal prejudice and usages. In the meantime is it to be understood that the principles of the Declaration of Independence bear no relation to half of the human race? If so, what is the ground of this limitation?