Frances Willard - A wheel within a wheel (1895)

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This seems to be the law of progress in everything we do; it moves along a spiral rather than a perpendicular; we seem to be actually going out of the way, and yet it turns out that we were really moving upward all the time.

Frances Willard

The bicycle is the steed that never tires, and is 'mettlesome' in the fullest sense of the word. It is full of tricks and capers, and to hold his head steady and make him prance to suit you is no small accomplishment.

Frances Willard

If I am asked to explain why I learned the bicycle I should say I did it as an act of grace, if not of actual religion.

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Whatever diminishes the sense of superiority in men makes them more manly, brotherly, and pleasant to have about.

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As a temperance reformer I always felt a strong attraction toward the bicycle, because it is the vehicle of so much harmless pleasure, and because the skill required in handling it obliges those who mount to keep clear heads and steady hands.

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I finally concluded that all failure was from a wobbling will rather than a wobbling wheel.

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A reform often advances most rapidly by indirection.

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