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Harriet Martineau

A soul preoccupied with great ideas best performs small duties.

A soul preoccupied with great ideas best performs small duties.

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These are some quotes by English author Harriet Martineau Writer, who lived between June 12, 1802 and June 27, 1876.

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There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land.

There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land.

Harriet 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.

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.

Harriet Martineau

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Laws and customs may be creative of vice; and should be therefore perpetually under process of observation and correction: but laws and customs cannot be creative of virtue: they may encourage and help to preserve it; but they cannot originate it.

Harriet Martineau

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Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.

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I just had an idea that went right over my head.

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