Ever Yours, C.H. Spence: Catherine Hele...
A source page for quotes linked to Catherine Helen Spence.
“Even before the discovery of copper South Australia had turned the corner.”
“I had seen Adelaide the dearest and the cheapest place to live in.”
“I look back to a happy childhood.”
“The Town Clerkship, however, was the means of giving me a lesson in electoral methods.”
“A glass of whisky in Scotland in the thirties cost less than a cup of tea.”
“I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both.”
“My return to London introduced me to a wider range of society.”
“South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections.”
“My brothers went to the parish school, one of the best in the county.”
“There is nothing so costly to the state as a ruined life”