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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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Source: Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals
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“We especially need imagination in science. Question everything.”
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“That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.”
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“No woman should say, "I am but a woman!" But a woman! What more can you ask to be?”
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Source: Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals
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“As a general rule, people disappoint you as you know them.”
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Source: Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals
“Besides learning to see, there is another art to be learned - not to see what is not.”
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“I had only ordinary capacity but extraordinary persistency.”
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“How strange that some people cannot believe in both the Book of Nature and the Book of God.”
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“Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God.”
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“Do not look at stars as bright spots only. Try to take in the vastness of the universe.”
“The greatest object in educating is to give a right habit of study.”
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Source: Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals
“It is sad to see a woman sacrificing the ties of the affections even to do good.”
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Source: Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals
Source: Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals
“I was born, for instance, incapable of appreciating music.”
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“Small aids to individuals, large aid to masses.”
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“The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power!”
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“Altogether, St. Louis is a growing place, and the West has a large hand and a strong grasp.”
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Source: Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals