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Katharine Fullerton Gerould was an American writer renowned for her contributions to children's literature. Born on February 6, 1879, and passing away on July 27, 1944, Gerould's works often addressed themes of social justice and the value of education.

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Famous Katharine Fullerton Gerould Quotes

“... the more we recruit from immigrants who bring no personal traditions with them, the more America is going to ignore the things of the spirit. No one whose consuming desire is either for food or for motor-cars is going to care about culture, or even know what it is.”

Knows Care America Spirit Desire Culture Car Tradition Immigration Immigrants Motor Consuming Recruit Motor Cars

Book:Modes and Morals

Source: Modes and Morals

“There is no morality by instinct. There is no social salvation in the end without taking thought; without mastery of logic and application of logic to human experience.”

Humans Ends Social Morality Logic Salvation Instinct Intuition Pregnancy Application Mastery Human Experience

Book:Modes and Morals

Source: Modes and Morals

“Originality usually amounts only to plagiarizing something unfamiliar.”

Amount Originality Unfamiliar

Book:Modes and Morals

Source: Modes and Morals

“Most men have always wanted as much as they could get; and possession has always blunted the fine edge of their altruism.”

Men Wanted Stupid Fine Edges Possession Altruism

Book:Modes and Morals

Source: Modes and Morals

“The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.”

Ifs Real Life Is Can Do Simple Real Life Being Real Positively Simple Life Drawbacks

Book:Modes and Morals

Source: Modes and Morals

“You can bear anything if it is not your fault.”

Ifs Bears Guilt Faults

Author:Katharine Fullerton Gerould

“Educational legislation nowadays is largely in the hands of illiterate people, and the illiterate will take good care that their illiteracy is not made a reproach on them.”

People Made Hands Care Educational Legislation Reproach Illiterate Illiteracy

Book:Modes and Morals

Source: Modes and Morals

“Conventional manners are a kind of literacy test for the alien who comes among us.”

Kind Tests Aliens Manners Conventional Literacy

Book:Modes and Morals

Source: Modes and Morals

“Ignorance of what real learning is, and a consequent suspicion of it; materialism, and a consequent intellectual laxity, both of these have done destructive work in the colleges.”

Real Done Ignorance College Intellectual Destructive Materialism Suspicion

Book:Modes and Morals

Source: Modes and Morals

“One of the reasons, surely, why women have been credited with less perfect veracity than men is that the burden of conventional falsehood falls chiefly on them.”

Men Has Beens Reason Fall Perfect Burden Falsehood Conventional Veracity

Book:Modes and Morals

Source: Modes and Morals

“Social distinctions concern themselves ultimately with whom you may and may not marry.”

May Social Concern Distinction Marry Me

Book:Modes and Morals

Source: Modes and Morals

“No fashion has ever been created expressly for the lean purse or for the fat woman: the dressmaker's ideal is the thin millionaires.”

Fashion Ideals Fats Millionaire Purses Fat Women

Author:Katharine Fullerton Gerould

About the Author

Born: February 6, 1879
Died: July 27, 1944
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 62

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