Turn her loose out of doors; give her good books, and leave her alone.

You won't be disappointed in the woman who evolves." Right there I realized what I was doing, and I turned and ran for the pulpit with all my might.

I could always repeat things, but I couldn't see much sense to the first part of that; the last was as plain as the nose on your face.

Dr.Fenner said they mustn't force me to sew, and do housework; and mother didn't mind the Almighty any better than she did the doctor.

There was nothing in this world I disliked so much as being kept indoors, and made to hem cap and apron strings so particularly that I had to count the number of threads between every stitch, and in each stitch, so that I got all of them just exactly even.