I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle.

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I am just learning to notice the different colors of the stars, and already begin to have a new enjoyment.

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I am always the better for open-air breathing, and was certainly meant for the wandering life of the Indian.

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Yesterday I had a Shaker visitor, and today a Catholic; and the more I see and hear, the less do I care about church doctrines.

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The love of one's own sex is precious, for it is neither provoked by vanity nor retained by flattery; it is genuine and sincere.

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To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing.

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I saw, in looking over Cooper, elements of a comet of 1825 which resemble what I get out for this, from my own observations, but I cannot rely upon my own.

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I had, early in life, a love for staging, but it is fast dying out. Nine hours over a rough road are enough to root out the most passionate love of that kind.

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The best that can be said of my life so far is that it has been industrious, and the best that can be said of me is that I have not pretended to what I was not.

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I was a little doubtful about the propriety of going to the Mammoth Cave without a gentleman escort, but if two ladies travel alone they must have the courage of men.

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