Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards

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    “...some sort of false logic has crept into our schools, for the people whom I have seen doing housework or cooking know nothing of botany or chemistry, and the people who know botany and chemistry do not cook or sweep. The conclusion seems to be, if one knows chemistry she must not cook or do housework.”
    —Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842–1911)

    “If it is a relief to take your clothes off at night, be sure that something is wrong. Clothes should not be a burden. They should be a comfort and a protection.”
    —Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842–1911)

    “New England is the home of all that is good and noble with all her sternness and uncompromising opinions.”
    —Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842–1911)

    “New England is the home of all that is good and noble with all her sternness and uncompromising opinions.”
    —Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842–1911)

    “We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not.”
    —Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842–1911)

    “It is by far the most elegant worship, hardly excepting the Greek mythology. What with incense, pictures, statues, altars, shrines, relics, and the real presence, confession, absolution,—there is something sensible to grasp at. Besides, it leaves no possibility of doubt; for those who swallow their Deity, really and truly, in transubstantiation, can hardly find any thing else otherwise than easy of digestion.”
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    “I am succeeding quite well in my work and the future looks well. What special mission is God preparing me for? Cutting off all earthly ties and isolating me as it were.”
    —Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842–1911)