Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned - not to see what is not.

I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency.

We travel to learn; and I have never been in any country where they did not do something better than we do it, think some thoughts better than we think, catch some inspiration from heights above our own.

Women, more than men, are bound by tradition and authority. What the father, the brother, the doctor, and the minister have said has been received undoubtingly. Until women throw off this reverence for authority they will not develop.

Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.

The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power!

Altogether, St. Louis is a growing place, and the West has a large hand and a strong grasp.