I am persuaded, that if any attempt is made to improve the education of the poor, and such an unmanly spirit should guide the resolution of a society or committee for that purpose, it would render the design abortive.
“Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.”
“There are whole precincts of voters in this country whose united intelligence does not equal that of one representative American woman.”