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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gildersleeve/i-was-resolved-to-sustain-and-preserve-in-my-college-the-bite-of-the/)

[Virginia Gildersleeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gildersleeve/)

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## More by Virginia Gildersleeve

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gildersleeve/for-more-than-twenty-five-years-my-mind-had-been-deeply-troubled-by/)

[Virginia Gildersleeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gildersleeve/)

> [The peace conference must not adjourn without the establishment of some ordered system of international government, backed by power enough to give authority to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gildersleeve/the-peace-conference-must-not-adjourn-without-the-establishment-of/)

[Virginia Gildersleeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gildersleeve/)

> [...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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gildersleeve/at-this-stage-in-the-advancement-of-women-the-best-policy-for-them-is/)

[Virginia Gildersleeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gildersleeve/)

> [There was danger at times that women might not be judged by the highest standards, but more leniently because of their sex. "She is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gildersleeve/there-was-danger-at-times-that-women-might-not-be-judged-by-the-2/)

[Virginia Gildersleeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gildersleeve/)

> [I was resolved to sustain and preserve in my college the bite of the mind, the chance to stand face to face with truth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gildersleeve/i-was-resolved-to-sustain-and-preserve-in-my-college-the-bite-of-the/)

[Virginia Gildersleeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gildersleeve/)

> [It was hard for an American to understand the contented acceptance by English men and women of permanent places in the lowest social rank.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gildersleeve/it-was-hard-for-an-american-to-understand-the-contented-acceptance-by/)

[Virginia Gildersleeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gildersleeve/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gildersleeve/the-ability-to-think-straight-some-knowledge-of-the-past-some-vision/)

[Virginia Gildersleeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gildersleeve/)

> [...expatriated Americans, even Henry James himself, have always seemed to me somewhat anchorless, rudderless, drifting before thewind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gildersleeve/expatriated-americans-even-henry-james-himself-have-always-seemed-to/)

[Virginia Gildersleeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gildersleeve/)

> [The ability to think straight, some knowledge of the past, some vision of the future, some skill to do useful service, some urge to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-gildersleeve/the-ability-to-think-straight-some-knowledge-of-the-past-some-vision-2/)

[Virginia Gildersleeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-gildersleeve/)

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