“Renunciation - that is the great fact we all, individuals and classes, have to learn. In trying to avoid it we bring misery to ourselves and others.” TryingFactsIndividualClassMiseryRenunciation Book:The Diary of Beatrice Webb: Glitter Around and Darkness Within, 1873-1892 Source: The Diary of Beatrice Webb: Glitter Around and Darkness Within, 1873-1892
“. . . if I had been a man, self-respect, family pressure and the public opinion of my class would have pushed me into a money-making profession; as a mere woman I could carve out a career of disinterested research.” IfsMenSelfOpinionClassCareersResearchPressureMereProfessionMaking MoneySelf RespectDishesPublic OpinionDisinterested Book:My Apprenticeship Source: My Apprenticeship
“If I ever felt inclined to be timid as I was going into a room hill of people, I would say to myself, "You're the cleverest member of one of the cleverest families in the cleverest class of the cleverest nation in the world-why should you be frightened?” PeopleIfsWorldShouldNationsFeltFearRoomsClassMembersHillsFrightened Author:Beatrice Webb
