But the mind travels far - and mysteriously - in sleep. Mary Augusta Ward mindmysteriouslysleep Change image and share on social
We believed that growth through Local Government, and perhaps through some special machinery for bringing the wishes and influence of women of all classes to bear on Parliament, other than the Parliamentary vote, was the real line of progress. Mary Augusta Ward bearbelievebring share on social
But no man has a monopoly of conscience. Mary Augusta Ward consciencemanmonopoly Change image and share on social
For nine years, till the spring of 1881, we lived in Oxford, in a little house north of the Parks, in what was then the newest quarter of the University town. Mary Augusta Ward houselivenew Change image and share on social
A modern girls' school, equipped as scores are now equipped throughout the country, was of course not to be found in 1858, when I first became a school boarder, or in 1867, when I ceased to be one. Mary Augusta Ward boarderceasecountry Change image and share on social
For after my marriage I had made various attempts to write fiction. They were clearly failures. Mary Augusta Ward attemptfailurefiction Change image and share on social
How little those who are schoolgirls of today can realize what it was to be a schoolgirl in the fifties or the early sixties of the last century! Mary Augusta Ward centuryearlyfifty Change image and share on social
It is the rank and file - the average woman - for whom the world has opened up so astonishingly. Mary Augusta Ward astonishinglyaveragefile Change image and share on social
I loved nearly all my teachers; but it was not till I went home to live at Oxford, in 1867, that I awoke intellectually to a hundred interests and influences that begin much earlier nowadays to affect any clever child. Mary Augusta Ward affectawakebegin share on social
English girls' schools today providing the higher education are, so far as my knowledge goes, worthily representative of that astonishing rise in the intellectual standards of women which has taken place in the last half-century. Mary Augusta Ward astonishcenturyeducation share on social