Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation.

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Women should have equal pay for equal work and they should be considered equally eligible to the offices of principal and superintendent, professor and president. So you must insist that qualifications, not sex, shall govern appointments and salaries.

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Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.

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I look for the day...when the only criterion of excellence or position shall be the ability and character of the individual; and this time will come.

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I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires.

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Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.

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Forget conventionalisms; forget what the world thinks of you stepping out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best words, work your best works, looking to your own conscience for approval.

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Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less.

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A republican government should be based on free and equal education among the people

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Nothing is hopeless that is right.

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