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.

I made observations for three hours last night, and am almost ill today from fatigue; still I have worked all day, trying to reduce the places, and mean to work hard again tonight.

How strange that some people cannot believe in both the Book of Nature and the Book of God.

Let us secure not such books as people want, but books just above their wants, and they will reach up to take what is put out for them.

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

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

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.