Harriet Martineau Quotes on Martineau
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If a test of civilization be sought, none can be so sure as the condition of that half of society over which the other half has power.
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Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered.
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What office is there which involves more responsibility, which requires more qualifications, and which ought, therefore, to be more honourable, than that of teaching?
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Essays by Harriet Martineau at Quotidiana.org