I was resolved to sustain and preserve in my college the bite of the mind, the chance to stand face to face with truth, the good life lived in a small, various, highly articulate and democratic society. — Virginia Gildersleeve Copy Share Image
For more than twenty-five years my mind had been deeply troubled by the fact that these mechanical and scientific achievements ofman had outrun his intellectual and spiritual power. ...Throughout the Second World War this terrible problem hung in the back of my mind. As I write these words the problem and the danger are as threatening as ever. We hope… — Virginia Gildersleeve Copy Share
The peace conference must not adjourn without the establishment of some ordered system of international government, backed by power enough to give authority to… — Virginia Gildersleeve Copy Share Image
...at this stage in the advancement of women the best policy for them is not to talk much about the abstract principles of women'srights… — Virginia Gildersleeve Copy Share Image
There was danger at times that women might not be judged by the highest standards, but more leniently because of their sex. "She is a remarkably good chemist--for a woman," you might hear a man say. It seemed to me essential, if the ablest young women scholars were to achieve the best work of which they were capable, that they… — Virginia Gildersleeve Copy Share
I was resolved to sustain and preserve in my college the bite of the mind, the chance to stand face to face with truth,… — Virginia Gildersleeve Copy Share Image
It was hard for an American to understand the contented acceptance by English men and women of permanent places in the lowest social rank. — Virginia Gildersleeve Copy Share Image
The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some urge to fit that service into the well-being… — Virginia Gildersleeve Copy Share Image
...expatriated Americans, even Henry James himself, have always seemed to me somewhat anchorless, rudderless, drifting before thewind. — Virginia Gildersleeve Copy Share Image
The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some skill to do useful service, some urge to… — Virginia Gildersleeve Copy Share Image
