“The very word woman in the writings of the church fathers stood for the basest of temptations... As women were lowered in the moral scale because of their identification with her at the very bottom of the pit, so they cannot rise themselves save as they succeed in lifting her with whose sins they are weighed.” WritingFatherChurchSinMoralAtheismSucceedBottomPositive AtheismScalesTemptationPitsLiftingIdentificationChurch Fathers Author:Jane Addams
“My father couldn't speak English when he went to the first grade and I had to work in a factory over Christmas and summer vacations. And I think that's the American way and one of the things that excites me about this race is that pretty much everything I've done I've started at the bottom and been able to finish at the top.” ThinkingWayFirstsDoneAbleFatherSpeakRaceSummerBottomGradesVacationFactoriesSpeak EnglishSummer Vacation Author:George Pataki
“Down in the bottom of my childhood my father stands laughing.” FatherLaughingChildhoodBottom Author:Tove Ditlevsen