Book Quote by Maria Mitchell

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“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.”

Maria Mitchell

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In my younger days, when I was painted by the half-educated, loose and inaccurate ways women had, I used to say, "How much women…

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That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

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When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own interests.

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There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

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There is something of the same pleasure in noticing the hues of the stars that there is in looking at a flower garden in…

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I made observations for three hours last night, and am almost ill to-day from fatigue; still I have worked all day, trying to reduce…

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The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve, but…

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The greatest benefit derived from the study of science is that it lifts you out of and above the littleness of daily trials. We learn to live in the universe as a part of it; we cannot seperate ourselves from it - our every act connects us with it - our every act affects the whole. Standing under the canopy…

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“Truth or myth, it is only for me to know. Come with me into the rich texture of Bizco's kingdom.”

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The phrase ‘popular science’ has in itself a touch of absurdity. That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.

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I had, early in life, a love for staging, but it is fast dying out. Nine hours over a rough road are enough to…

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People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can bear.

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