Whatever The Soul Knows How To Seek,

Essays, Entitled Critical, Are Epistles Addressed To The Public, Through Which The Mind Of The Recluse Relieves Itself Of Its Impressions.

It Is Not Because The Touch Of Genius Has Roused Genius To Production, But Because The Admiration Of Genius Has Made Talent Ambitious, That The Harvest Is Still So Abundant.

What Concerns Me Now Is That My Life Be A Beautiful, Powerful, In A Word, A Complete Life Of Its Kind.

It Should Be Remarked That, As The Principle Of Liberty Is Better Understood, And More Nobly Interpreted, A Broader Protest Is Made In Behalf Of Women. As Men Become Aware That Few Have Had A Fair Chance, They Are Inclined To Say That No Women Have Had A Fair Chance.

All Around Us Lies What We Neither Understand Nor Use. Our Capacities, Our Instincts For This Our Present Sphere Are But Half Developed. Let Us Confine Ourselves To That Till The Lesson Be Learned; Let Us Be Completely Natural; Before We Trouble Ourselves With The Supernatural. I Never See Any Of These Things But I Long To Get Away And Lie Under A Green Tree And Let The Wind Blow On Me. There Is Marvel And Charm Enough In That For Me.