But is it not the fact that religion emanates from the nature, from the moral state of the individual? Is it not therefore true that unless the nature be completely exercised, the moral state harmonized, the religion cannot be healthy? — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
it is a testament to the strength and purity of the democratic sentiment in the country, that the republic has not been overthrown by… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
School is no place of education for any children whatever till their minds are well put in action. This is the work which has… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
Authorship has never been with me a matter of choice. I have not done it for amusement, or for money, or for fame, or… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
it is the worst humiliation and grievance of the suffering, that they cause suffering. — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
I wrote because I could not help it. There was something that I wanted to say, and I said it: that was all. The… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
The instruction furnished is not good enough for the youth of such a country ... There is not even any systematic instruction given on… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
[I] wish that the land-tax went a little more according to situation than it does. 'Tis really ridiculous, how one has to pay five… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
Who is apt, on occasion, to assign a multitude of reasons when one will do? This is a sure sign of weakness in argument. — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
It is hard to tell which is worse; the wide diffusion of things that are not true, or the suppression of things that are… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
Religion is a temper, not a pursuit. It is the moral atmosphere in which human beings are to live and move. Men do not… — Harriet Martineau Copy Share Image
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