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• Why can a man not act himself, be himself, and think for himself? It seems to me that naturalness alone is power;…
• People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear.
• I have worn myself thin trying to find out about this comet, and I know very little now in the matter.
• The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious and the best that can…
• We especially need imagination in science. Question everything.
• The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every…
• That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.
• No woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be?
• The phrase ‘popular science’ has in itself a touch of absurdity. That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.
• For women there are, undoubtedly, great difficulties in the path, but so much the more to overcome. First, no woman should say,…
• A young sailor boy came to see me to-day. It pleases me to have these lads seek me on their return from…
• When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own…

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