"Of course one cannot but marvel that your brain should have grasped in so short a time what men all over the world are still trying to discover--" "Men are slow animals!" she said, lightly.

"They spend years in talking instead of in doing.

Then again, when one of them really does something, all the rest are up in arms against him, and more years are wasted in trying to prove him right or wrong.

I, as a mere woman, ask nobody for an opinion--I risk my own existence--spend my own money--and have nothing to do with governments.

If I succeed I shall be sought after fast enough!--but I do not propose to either give or sell my discovery." "Surely you will not keep it to yourself ?" "Why not?
The world is too full of inventions as it is--and it is not the least grateful to its inventors or explorers.