The most characteristic mark of a great mind is to choose some one important object, and pursue it for life. – Anna Letitia Barbauld
When one by one our ties are torn, and friend from friend is snatched forlorn; when man is left alone to mourn, oh! then how sweet it is to die! – Anna Letitia Barbauld
The best way for women to acquire knowledge is from conversation with a father, a brother, or a friend, in the way of family intercourse and easy conversation, and by such a course of reading as they may recommend. – Anna Letitia Barbauld