Her stores increased day by day.
She was absolutely without pedantry.

Nobody ever heard of her learning until a necessity came for its use, and then nothing could be more simple than her solution of the problem proposed to her.

The most intellectual gladly conversed with one whose knowledge, however rich and varied, was always with her only the means of new acquisition.

Meantime her mind was purely receptive.

She had no ambition to propound a theory, or to write her own name on any book, or plant, or opinion.
Her delight in books was not tainted by any wish to shine, or any appetite for praise or influence.