This Is The Woman's Century, The First

I Used To Lie Awake As A Child And Get More Entertainment And Terror Out Of Blank Walls And Plain Furniture Than Most Children Could Find In A Toy-store.

To Speak Broadly, The Troubles Of Life As We Find Them Are Mainly Traceable To The Heart Or The Purse.

In The Field Of Economics We Maintain To This Day Some Of The Most Primitive Ideas, Some Of The Most Radically False Ideas, Some Of The Most Absurd Ideas A Brain Can Hold. ... But All This Give No Uneasiness To The Average Brain. That Long-suffering Organ Has Been Trained For More Thousands Of Years Than History Can Uncover To Hold In Unquestioning Patience Great Blocks Of Irrelevant Idiocy And Large Active Lies.

I'm Sure I Never Used To Be So Sensitive. I Think It Is Due To This Nervous Condition.

Patriotism, Red Hot, Is Compatible With The Existence Of A Neglect Of National Interests, A Dishonesty, A Cold Indifference To The Suffering Of Millions. Patriotism Is Largely Pride, And Very Largely Combativeness. Patriotism Generally Has A Chip On Its Shoulder.