I Am More And More Convinced That

These Are The Times When A Genius Wants To Live.

I Begin To Think, That A Calm Is Not Desirable In Any Situation In Life. Man Was Made For Action And For Bustle Too, I Believe.

Heaven Grant Me That I May Thus Rejoice In My Children, Thus See Them Ornaments To Their Country, And Blessings To Their Parents.

The Heart Is Long, Very Long In Receiving The Convictions That Is Forced Upon It By Reason... Affection Still Lingers In The Bosom, Even After Esteem Has Taken Its Flight.

If We Mean To Have Heroes, Statesmen And Philosophers, We Should Have Learned Women. The World Perhaps Would Laugh At Me, And Accuse Me Of Vanity, But You I Know Have A Mind Too Enlarged And Liberal To Disregard The Sentiment. If Much Depends As Is Allowed Upon The Early Education Of Youth And The First Principals Which Are Instill'd Take The Deepest Root, Great Benefit Must Arise From Literary Accomplishments In Women.