Harriet Beecher Stowe Quote

Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most people do all they can to get rid of it, and as a general rule nobody does much more than circumstances drive them to do.


"The Lady Who Does Her Own Work" in The Atlantic Monthly (1864).


Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most...

Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most...

Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most...

Everyone confesses in the abstract that exertion which brings out all the powers of body and mind is the best thing for us all; but practically most...